Anticipatory decision-making for cholera in Malawi

Climate change raises an old disease to a new level of public health threat. The causative agent, Vibrio cholerae , native to aquatic ecosystems, is influenced by climate and weather processes. The risk of cholera is elevated in vulnerable populations lacking access to safe water and sanitation infr...

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Published inmBio Vol. 14; no. 6; p. e0052923
Main Authors Jutla, Antarpreet, Usmani, Moiz, Brumfield, Kyle D., Singh, Komalpreet, McBean, Fergus, Potter, Amy, Gutierrez, Angelica, Gama, Samuel, Huq, Anwar, Colwell, Rita R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States American Society for Microbiology 19.12.2023
Subjects
Algorithms
cholera
Cholera - epidemiology
Cholera - prevention & control
Climate Change
Decision Making
Disease Outbreaks
Environmental Microbiology
Humans
Malawi
Malawi - epidemiology
Opinion/Hypothesis
remote sensing
Vibrio cholerae
Malawi
Malawi
remote sensing
cholera
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Summary:Climate change raises an old disease to a new level of public health threat. The causative agent, Vibrio cholerae , native to aquatic ecosystems, is influenced by climate and weather processes. The risk of cholera is elevated in vulnerable populations lacking access to safe water and sanitation infrastructure. Predictive intelligence, employing mathematical algorithms that integrate earth observations and heuristics derived from microbiological, sociological, and weather data, can provide anticipatory decision-making capabilities to reduce the burden of cholera and save human lives. An example offered here is the recent outbreak of cholera in Malawi, predicted in advance by such algorithms.
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ISSN:2150-7511
2150-7511
DOI:10.1128/mbio.00529-23