Danger!58%infectious diseases deteriorate

Wen ｜ Zhao Xixi

According to a study published on August 8th on August 8th, climate disasters have intensified 58%of human infectious diseases. These discoveries highlight the further human health risks under continuous climate change.

Scientists have learned that climate change will affect the vulnerability of humans in the face of many diseases. Previous research was mainly focused on specific pathogen groups (such as bacteria or viruses), response to specific disasters (such as heat waves or floods), and the type of communication (such as food or water sources), but climate change and disease's comprehensive threat to humans on humans It is unknown.

In the new research, Camilo Mora, the University of Hawaii University of Hawaii University in the United States, and colleagues, and colleagues have screened the literature, and then found 3,213 empirical cases. Such as warming, floods or droughts) are linked.

Among them, 277 pathogens were exacerbated by at least one climate disaster, and only 9 pathogens were weakened due to climate disaster. In general, 58%of the pathogens have proven to be intensified by climate change on the reliability list of human infectious diseases.

Some disasters will make people closer to the pathogen, such as the displacement caused by storms or floods is related to Lasha fever and the Legion disease, and others will get closer to people, such as warming up the biological active area of ​​the disease, such as Lemm, such as Lem Disease, dengue fever and malaria.

Scientists concluded that these discoveries reveal the unique path of climate disaster caused by disease, emphasizing the limited ability of social adaptation, and highlighting the necessity of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Related thesis information:

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-022-01426-1

"China Science News" (2022-08-09 The 2nd edition of the original title "Climate Change Perminal Worsening Human pathogen")

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