Zoonotic spillover, which is the transmission of a pathogen from a vertebrate animal to a
human, presents a global public health burden but is a poorly understood phenomenon …

Emerging infectious diseases (EIDs), especially those with zoonotic potential, are a growing
threat to global health, economy, and safety. The influence of global warming and …

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in weather conditions and patterns of extreme
weather events. It may lead to changes in health threat to human beings, multiplying existing …

A holistic perspective on changing rainfall-driven flood risk is provided for the late 20th and
early 21st centuries. Economic losses from floods have greatly increased, principally driven …

More than 60% of human infectious diseases are caused by pathogens shared with wild or
domestic animals. Zoonotic disease organisms include those that are endemic in human …

Parasites and infectious diseases are everywhere and represent some of the most potent
forces shaping the natural world. They affect almost every aspect imaginable in the life of …

Intensification of weather extremes is currently emerging as one of the most important facets
of climate change. Research on extreme events (“event‐focused” in contrast to “trend …

Despite a century of often successful prevention and control efforts, infectious diseases
remain an important global problem in public health, causing over 13 million deaths each …

Concerted action is needed to address public health issues raised by climate change. In this
Review we discuss infections acquired through various routes (arthropod vector, rodent …

Recently, the role of the environment and climate in disease dynamics has become a
subject of increasing interest to microbiologists, clinicians, epidemiologists, and ecologists …