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Human infectious diseases and the changing climate in the Arctic |
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| Author: | Waits, Audrey1; Emelyanova, Anastasia2; Oksanen, Antti3; |
| Organizations: |
1Arctic Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Finland 2Thule Institute, University of Arctic, University of Oulu, Finland 3Finnish Food Safety Authority Evira (FINPAR), 90590 Oulu, Finland |
| Format: | article |
| Version: | published version |
| Access: | open |
| Online Access: | PDF Full Text (PDF, 1.2 MB) |
| Persistent link: | http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2019070322667 |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Elsevier,
2018
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| Publish Date: | 2019-07-03 |
| Description: |
AbstractClimatic factors, especially temperature, precipitation, and humidity play an important role in disease transmission. As the Arctic changes at an unprecedented rate due to climate change, understanding how climatic factors and climate change affect infectious disease rates is important for minimizing human and economic costs. The purpose of this systematic review was to compile recent studies in the field and compare the results to a previously published review. English language searches were conducted in PubMed, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and PLOS One. Russian language searches were conducted in the Scientific Electronic Library “eLibrary.ru”. This systematic review yielded 22 articles (51%) published in English and 21 articles (49%) published in Russian since 2012. Articles about zoonotic and vector-borne diseases accounted for 67% (n = 29) of the review. Tick-borne diseases, tularemia, anthrax, and vibriosis were the most researched diseases likely to be impacted by climatic factors in the Arctic. Increased temperature and precipitation are predicted to have the greatest impact on infectious diseases in the Arctic. see all
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| Series: |
Environment international |
| ISSN: | 0160-4120 |
| ISSN-E: | 1873-6750 |
| ISSN-L: | 0160-4120 |
| Volume: | 121 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Pages: | 703 - 713 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.envint.2018.09.042 |
| OADOI: | https://oadoi.org/10.1016/j.envint.2018.09.042 |
| Type of Publication: |
A2 Review article in a scientific journal |
| Field of Science: |
3142 Public health care science, environmental and occupational health 3111 Biomedicine 1172 Environmental sciences |
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| Funding: |
This work was funded by the European Union Horizon 2020 BG-2017-1 (2017–2022)—under Grant Agreement No: 773421-Nunataryuk (Permafrost thaw and the changing Arctic coast, science for socioeconomic adaptation) (A.R., K.A.) and by One Arctic – One Health: Animal and human health in the changing climate project funded by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland (Grant Agreement No. HEL7M0674–65) (A.R.; K.A.; A.O.). Additional funding was provided by Fulbright Finland and the Finnish National Agency for Education (A.W.). |
| EU Grant Number: |
(773421) Nunataryuk - Permafrost thaw and the changing arctic coast: science for socio-economic adaptation |
| Copyright information: |
© 2018 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY/4.0/). |
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |