Sammanfattning

Recognition of climate-sensitive infectious diseases is crucial for mitigating health threats from climate change. Recent studies have reasoned about potential climate sensitivity of diseases in the Northern/Arctic Region, where climate change is particularly pronounced. By linking disease and climate data for this region, we here comprehensively quantify empirical climate-disease relationships. Results show significant relationships of borreliosis, leptospirosis, tick-borne encephalitis (TBE), Puumala virus infection, cryptosporidiosis, and Q fever with climate variables related to temperature and freshwater conditions. These data-driven results are consistent with previous reasoning-based propositions of climate-sensitive infections as increasing threats for humans, with notable exceptions for TBE and leptospirosis. For the latter, the data imply decrease with increasing temperature and precipitation experienced in, and projected for, the Northern/Arctic Region. This study provides significant data-based underpinning for simplified empirical assessments of the risks of several infectious diseases under future climate change.

Publicerad i

Scientific Reports
2021, Volym: 11, nummer: 1, artikelnummer: 20678

SLU författare

• Thierfelder, Tomas

  • Institutionen för energi och teknik, Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
    

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UKÄ forskningsämne

Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa, socialmedicin och epidemiologi
Miljövetenskap
Klimatforskning


Publikationens identifierare

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-00167-z

Permanent länk till denna sida (URI)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/114023