Climate Variability, Vulnerability, and Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Zika Virus in Manabi, Ecuador Following the 2016 Earthquake

Climate change presents complex and wide‐reaching threats to human health. A variable and changing climate can amplify and unmask ecological and socio‐political weaknesses and increase the risk of adverse health outcomes in socially vulnerable regions. When natural disasters occur in such areas, und...

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Autores principales: Sorensen, Cecilia J., Borbor‐Cordova, Mercy J., Calvello‐Hynes, Emilie, Diaz, Avriel, Lemery, Jay, Stewart‐Ibarra, Anna M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7007105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32158994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GH000104
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author Sorensen, Cecilia J.
Borbor‐Cordova, Mercy J.
Calvello‐Hynes, Emilie
Diaz, Avriel
Lemery, Jay
Stewart‐Ibarra, Anna M.
author_facet Sorensen, Cecilia J.
Borbor‐Cordova, Mercy J.
Calvello‐Hynes, Emilie
Diaz, Avriel
Lemery, Jay
Stewart‐Ibarra, Anna M.
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description Climate change presents complex and wide‐reaching threats to human health. A variable and changing climate can amplify and unmask ecological and socio‐political weaknesses and increase the risk of adverse health outcomes in socially vulnerable regions. When natural disasters occur in such areas, underlying climatic conditions may amplify the public health crisis. We describe an emerging epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) in Ecuador following the 2016 earthquake, which coincided with an exceptionally strong El Niño event. We hypothesize that the trigger of a natural disaster during anomalous climate conditions and underlying social vulnerabilities were force multipliers contributing to a dramatic increase in ZIKV cases postearthquake.
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spelling pubmed-70071052020-03-10 Climate Variability, Vulnerability, and Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Zika Virus in Manabi, Ecuador Following the 2016 Earthquake Sorensen, Cecilia J. Borbor‐Cordova, Mercy J. Calvello‐Hynes, Emilie Diaz, Avriel Lemery, Jay Stewart‐Ibarra, Anna M. Geohealth Commentary Climate change presents complex and wide‐reaching threats to human health. A variable and changing climate can amplify and unmask ecological and socio‐political weaknesses and increase the risk of adverse health outcomes in socially vulnerable regions. When natural disasters occur in such areas, underlying climatic conditions may amplify the public health crisis. We describe an emerging epidemic of Zika virus (ZIKV) in Ecuador following the 2016 earthquake, which coincided with an exceptionally strong El Niño event. We hypothesize that the trigger of a natural disaster during anomalous climate conditions and underlying social vulnerabilities were force multipliers contributing to a dramatic increase in ZIKV cases postearthquake. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2017-10-14 /pmc/articles/PMC7007105/ /pubmed/32158994 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GH000104 Text en ©2017. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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Sorensen, Cecilia J.
Borbor‐Cordova, Mercy J.
Calvello‐Hynes, Emilie
Diaz, Avriel
Lemery, Jay
Stewart‐Ibarra, Anna M.
Climate Variability, Vulnerability, and Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Zika Virus in Manabi, Ecuador Following the 2016 Earthquake
title Climate Variability, Vulnerability, and Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Zika Virus in Manabi, Ecuador Following the 2016 Earthquake
title_full Climate Variability, Vulnerability, and Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Zika Virus in Manabi, Ecuador Following the 2016 Earthquake
title_fullStr Climate Variability, Vulnerability, and Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Zika Virus in Manabi, Ecuador Following the 2016 Earthquake
title_full_unstemmed Climate Variability, Vulnerability, and Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Zika Virus in Manabi, Ecuador Following the 2016 Earthquake
title_short Climate Variability, Vulnerability, and Natural Disasters: A Case Study of Zika Virus in Manabi, Ecuador Following the 2016 Earthquake
title_sort climate variability, vulnerability, and natural disasters: a case study of zika virus in manabi, ecuador following the 2016 earthquake
topic Commentary
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7007105/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32158994
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017GH000104
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