Climate change & infectious diseases in India: Implications for health care providers

Climate change has the potential to influence the earth's biological systems, however, its effects on human health are not well defined. Developing nations with limited resources are expected to face a host of health effects due to climate change, including vector-borne and water-borne diseases...

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Autores principales: Dhara, V. Ramana, Schramm, Paul J., Luber, George
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3978971/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24521625
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description Climate change has the potential to influence the earth's biological systems, however, its effects on human health are not well defined. Developing nations with limited resources are expected to face a host of health effects due to climate change, including vector-borne and water-borne diseases such as malaria, cholera, and dengue. This article reviews common and prevalent infectious diseases in India, their links to climate change, and how health care providers might discuss preventive health care strategies with their patients.
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spelling pubmed-39789712014-04-16 Climate change & infectious diseases in India: Implications for health care providers Dhara, V. Ramana Schramm, Paul J. Luber, George Indian J Med Res Review Article Climate change has the potential to influence the earth's biological systems, however, its effects on human health are not well defined. Developing nations with limited resources are expected to face a host of health effects due to climate change, including vector-borne and water-borne diseases such as malaria, cholera, and dengue. This article reviews common and prevalent infectious diseases in India, their links to climate change, and how health care providers might discuss preventive health care strategies with their patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2013-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3978971/ /pubmed/24521625 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Climate change & infectious diseases in India: Implications for health care providers
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