Impact of recent and future climate change on vector‐borne diseases

C Caminade, KM McIntyre… - Annals of the New York …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Climate change is one of the greatest threats to human health in the 21st century. Climate
directly impacts health through climatic extremes, air quality, sea‐level rise, and multifaceted …

Impact of climate change on health and well-being of people in Hindu Kush Himalayan region: a narrative review

M Dhimal, D Bhandari, ML Dhimal, N Kafle… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Climate change and variability affect virtually everyone and every region of the world but the
effects are nowhere more prominent than in mountain regions and people living therein. The …

Impact of climate change and biodiversity collapse on the global emergence and spread of infectious diseases

PCM Williams, AW Bartlett… - … of paediatrics and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The reality of climate change and biodiversity collapse is irrefutable in the 21st century, with
urgent action required not only to conserve threatened species but also to protect human life …

Ancient Plasmodium genomes shed light on the history of human malaria

M Michel, E Skourtanioti, F Pierini, EK Guevara… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Malaria-causing protozoa of the genus Plasmodium have exerted one of the strongest
selective pressures on the human genome, and resistance alleles provide biomolecular …

Spatio-temporal analysis of association between incidence of malaria and environmental predictors of malaria transmission in Nigeria

OA Okunlola, OT Oyeyemi - Scientific Reports, 2019 - nature.com
Malaria still poses a significant threat in Nigeria despite the various efforts to abate its
transmission. Certain environmental factors have been implicated to increase the risk of …

Climate change and spatiotemporal distributions of vector-borne diseases in Nepal–a systematic synthesis of literature

M Dhimal, B Ahrens, U Kuch - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Despite its largely mountainous terrain for which this Himalayan country is a
popular tourist destination, Nepal is now endemic for five major vector-borne diseases …

Spatial modelling of malaria cases associated with environmental factors in South Sumatra, Indonesia

H Hasyim, A Nursafingi, U Haque, D Montag… - Malaria journal, 2018 - Springer
Background Malaria, a parasitic infection, is a life-threatening disease in South Sumatra
Province, Indonesia. This study aimed to investigate the spatial association between malaria …

Species composition, seasonal occurrence, habitat preference and altitudinal distribution of malaria and other disease vectors in eastern Nepal

M Dhimal, B Ahrens, U Kuch - Parasites & Vectors, 2014 - Springer
Background It is increasingly recognized that climate change can alter the geographical
distribution of vector-borne diseases (VBDs) with shifts of disease vectors to higher altitudes …

Unpacking future climate extremes and their sectoral implications in western Nepal

D Chapagain, S Dhaubanjar, L Bharati - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Existing climate projections and impact assessments in Nepal only consider a limited
number of generic climate indices such as means. Few studies have explored climate …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change and its association with the expansion of vectors and vector-borne diseases in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region: A systematic synthesis of …

M Dhimal, IM Kramer, P Phuyal, SS Budhathoki… - Advances in Climate …, 2021 - Elsevier
Observed weather and projected climate change suggest increases in the transmission of
vector-borne diseases (VBDs) in the Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) region. In this study, we …