METEOROLOGICAL FACTORS
; BACILLARY DYSENTERY
; MOUTH-DISEASE
; JAPANESE ENCEPHALITIS
; SCHISTOSOMIASIS TRANSMISSION
; SPATIAL-DISTRIBUTION
; HEMORRHAGIC-FEVER
; CHILDHOOD HAND
; NORTHERN CHINA
; RENAL SYNDROME
WOS学科分类:
Environmental Sciences
; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
WOS研究方向:
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
英文摘要:
Background: Climate change may lead to emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases and pose public health challenges to human health and the already overloaded healthcare system. It is therefore important to review current knowledge and identify further directions in China, the largest developing country in the world.
Methods: A comprehensive literature review was conducted to examine the relationship between climate variability and infectious disease transmission in China in the new millennium. Literature was identified using the following MeSH terms and keywords: climatic variables [temperature, precipitation, rainfall, humidity, etc.] and infectious disease [viral, bacterial and parasitic diseases].
Results: Fifty-eight articles published from January 1, 2000 to May 30, 2018 were included in the final analysis, including bacterial diarrhea, dengue, malaria, Japanese encephalitis, HFRS, HFMD, Schistosomiasis. Each 1 degrees C rise may lead to 3.6%-14.8% increase in the incidence of bacillary dysentery disease in south China. A 1 degrees C rise was corresponded to an increase of 1.8%-5.9% in the weekly notified HFMD cases in west China. Each 1 degrees C rise of temperature, 1% rise in relative humidity and one hour rise in sunshine led to an increase of 0.90%, 3.99% and 0.68% in the monthly malaria cases, respectively. Climate change with the increased temperature and irregular patterns of rainfall may affect the pathogen reproduction rate, their spread and geographical distribution, change human behavior and influence the ecology of vectors, and increase the rate of disease transmission in different regions of China.
Conclusion: Exploring relevant adaptation strategies and the health burden of climate change will assist public health authorities to develop an early warning system and protect China's population health, especially in the new 1.5 degrees C scenario of the newly released IPCC special report.
1.Weifang Med Univ, Div Environm Hlth, Sch Publ Hlth & Management, 7166 Baotong Xi St, Weifang 261053, Shandong, Peoples R China 2.Weifang Med Univ, Affiliated Hosp, Dept Dent, Weifang 261053, Shandong, Peoples R China 3.Weifang Peoples Hosp, Clin Lab, Weifang 261000, Shandong, Peoples R China 4.Weifang Peoples Hosp, Dept Dent, Weifang 261000, Shandong, Peoples R China 5.Weifang 2 Peoples Hosp, Dept Emergency, Weifang 261041, Shandong, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Inst Communicable Dis Control & Prevent, State Key Lab Infect Dis Prevent & Control, Beijing 102206, Peoples R China 7.Univ Adelaide, Sch Publ Hlth, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia 8.Anhui Med Univ, Sch Publ Hlth, Hefei 230032, Anhui, Peoples R China 9.Hlth Shandong Major Social Risk Predict & Governa, Weifang 261053, Shandong, Peoples R China
Recommended Citation:
Yi, Liping,Xu, Xin,Ge, Wenxin,et al. The impact of climate variability on infectious disease transmission in China: Current knowledge and further directions[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH,2019-01-01,173:255-261