Climate change and infectious diseases: What can we expect?

• DOI: 10.14745/ccdr.v45i04a01
• Publication Date: 2019-04-05T13:51:48Z
• Authors: NH Ogden; P Gachon
• Keywords: Extreme Weather; Vulnerability; Tick-borne disease

Global climate change, driven by anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions, is being particularly felt in Canada, with warming generally greater than the rest of world. Continued will be accompanied changes precipitation, which vary across country and seasons, increasing variability extreme weather events. Climate change likely drive emergence infectious diseases Canada northward spread from United States introduction elsewhere world via air sea transport. Diseases endemic to are also re-emerge. This special issue describes key disease risks associated change. These include tick-borne addition Lyme disease, possible exotic mosquito-borne such as malaria dengue, more epidemics Canada-endemic vector-borne West Nile virus, increased incidence foodborne illnesses. Risk compounded an aging population affected chronic diseases, results sensitivity diseases. Identifying emerging essential assess our vulnerability, a starting point identify where public health effort required reduce vulnerability exposure Canadian population.