TY - JOUR
T1 - Climate change and infectious diseases in the Arctic
T2 - Establishment of a circumpolar working group
AU - Parkinson, Alan J.
AU - Evengard, Birgitta
AU - Semenza, Jan C.
AU - Ogden, Nicholas
AU - Børresen, Malene L.
AU - Berner, Jim
AU - Brubaker, Michael
AU - Sjöstedt, Anders
AU - Evander, Magnus
AU - Hondula, David
AU - Menne, Bettina
AU - Pshenichnaya, Natalia
AU - Gounder, Prabhu
AU - Larose, Tricia
AU - Revich, Boris
AU - Hueffer, Karsten
AU - Albihn, Ann
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Alan J. Parkinson et al.
PY - 2014/9/30
Y1 - 2014/9/30
N2 - The Arctic, even more so than other parts of the world, has warmed substantially over the past few decades. Temperature and humidity influence the rate of development, survival and reproduction of pathogens and thus the incidence and prevalence of many infectious diseases. Higher temperatures may also allow infected host species to survive winters in larger numbers, increase the population size and expand their habitat range. The impact of these changes on human disease in the Arctic has not been fully evaluated. There is concern that climate change may shift the geographic and temporal distribution of a range of infectious diseases. Many infectious diseases are climate sensitive, where their emergence in a region is dependent on climate-related ecological changes. Most are zoonotic diseases, and can be spread between humans and animals by arthropod vectors, water, soil, wild or domestic animals. Potentially climate-sensitive zoonotic pathogens of circumpolar concern include Brucella spp., Toxoplasma gondii, Trichinella spp., Clostridium botulinum, Francisella tularensis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Bacillus anthracis, Echinococcus spp., Leptospira spp., Giardia spp., Cryptosporida spp., Coxiella burnetti, rabies virus, West Nile virus, Hantaviruses, and tick-borne encephalitis viruses.
AB - The Arctic, even more so than other parts of the world, has warmed substantially over the past few decades. Temperature and humidity influence the rate of development, survival and reproduction of pathogens and thus the incidence and prevalence of many infectious diseases. Higher temperatures may also allow infected host species to survive winters in larger numbers, increase the population size and expand their habitat range. The impact of these changes on human disease in the Arctic has not been fully evaluated. There is concern that climate change may shift the geographic and temporal distribution of a range of infectious diseases. Many infectious diseases are climate sensitive, where their emergence in a region is dependent on climate-related ecological changes. Most are zoonotic diseases, and can be spread between humans and animals by arthropod vectors, water, soil, wild or domestic animals. Potentially climate-sensitive zoonotic pathogens of circumpolar concern include Brucella spp., Toxoplasma gondii, Trichinella spp., Clostridium botulinum, Francisella tularensis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Bacillus anthracis, Echinococcus spp., Leptospira spp., Giardia spp., Cryptosporida spp., Coxiella burnetti, rabies virus, West Nile virus, Hantaviruses, and tick-borne encephalitis viruses.
KW - Arctic region
KW - Circumpolar working group
KW - Climate change
KW - Infectious diseases
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U2 - 10.3402/ijch.v73.25163
DO - 10.3402/ijch.v73.25163
M3 - Article
C2 - 25317383
AN - SCOPUS:84907877927
SN - 1239-9736
VL - 73
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - International Journal of Circumpolar Health
JF - International Journal of Circumpolar Health
M1 - 25163
ER -