Bunyaviruses and climate change

It is generally accepted that the planet is undergoing climatic changes, and ‘climate change’ has become the scapegoat for many catastrophes, including infectious disease outbreaks, as acknowledged by Randolph and Ergonul, who state ‘Climate change is the current ubiquitous explanation for increased...

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Published inClinical microbiology and infection Vol. 15; no. 6; pp. 510 - 517
Main Author Elliott, R.M.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Oxford, UK Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2009
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Subjects
Animals
Arbovirus
Bunyaviridae - isolation & purification
Bunyaviridae Infections - epidemiology
Bunyaviridae Infections - virology
Bunyavirus
Climate
climate change
Culicidae - growth & development
Disease Vectors
emerging disease
Greenhouse Effect
Humans
Incidence
mosquito
vector competence
emerging disease
vector competence
Arbovirus
bunyavirus
climate change
mosquito
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Summary:It is generally accepted that the planet is undergoing climatic changes, and ‘climate change’ has become the scapegoat for many catastrophes, including infectious disease outbreaks, as acknowledged by Randolph and Ergonul, who state ‘Climate change is the current ubiquitous explanation for increased incidence of infections of many sorts’ (Future Virology 2008; 3: 303–306). However, as these authors argue, this is a highly simplistic view and, indeed, there is a complex network of factors that are responsible for disease emergence and re-emergence. In this short review, the role that climate change could play in the emergence of bunyavirus disease is considered, using a few selected examples.
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ISSN:1198-743X
1469-0691
DOI:10.1111/j.1469-0691.2009.02849.x