Under the Weather: Climate, Ecosystems, and Infectious Disease
Below the Weather: Climate, Ecosystems, and Infectious Disease Books
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Since the dawn of medical science, people have recognized connections between a exchange in the weather and the appearance of epidemic disease. With today’s technology, some hope that it will be possible to build models for predicting the emergence and spread of many infectious diseases based on climate and weather forecasts. But, separating the effects of climate from other effects presents a tremendous scientific challenge. Can we use climate and weather forecasts to predict infectious disease outbreaks? Can the field of broadcast health advance from “scrutiny and response” to “prediction and prevention?” And perhaps the most vital question of all: Can we predict how global warming will affect the emergence and transmission of infectious disease agents nearly the world?”Below the Weather” evaluates our current understanding of the linkages among climate, ecosystems, and infectious disease; it then goes a step further and outlines the research needed to improve our understanding of these linkages. The book also examines the potential for using climate forecasts and ecological observations to help predict infectious disease outbreaks, identifies the necessary components for an epidemic early warning system, and reviews lessons learned from the use of climate forecasts in other realms of human activity.
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