A5090027021- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Global Health Care Issues
- Viral Infections and Vectors
- Malaria Research and Control
- Air Quality and Health Impacts
- COVID-19 epidemiological studies
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Zoonotic diseases and public health
- Thermoregulation and physiological responses
- Dengue and Mosquito Control Research
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research
- Animal Disease Management and Epidemiology
- Data-Driven Disease Surveillance
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research
- Travel-related health issues
- COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts
- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Employment and Welfare Studies
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Noise Effects and Management
- Vibrio bacteria research studies
Umeå University
2016-2025
Heidelberg University
2017-2025
University Hospital Heidelberg
2020-2025
Heidelberg University
2020-2024
University of Botswana
2021
European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
2016-2019
New York University
2019
New York Academy of Sciences
2016
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2016
Hudson Institute
2016
BackgroundAlthough studies have provided estimates of premature deaths attributable to either heat or cold in selected countries, none has so far offered a systematic assessment across the whole temperature range populations exposed different climates. We aimed quantify total mortality burden non-optimum ambient temperature, and relative contributions from moderate extreme temperatures.MethodsWe collected data for 384 locations Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Italy, Japan, South Korea,...
The Delta variant is now replacing all other SARS-CoV-2 variants. We found a mean R0 of 5.08, which much higher than the ancestral strain 2.79. Rapidly ramping up vaccine coverage rates while enhancing public health and social measures even more urgent important.
Significance This study is the first multimalaria model intercomparison exercise. carried out to estimate impact of future climate change and population scenarios on malaria transmission at global scale provide recommendations for future. Our results indicate that might become more suitable in tropical highland regions. However, other important socioeconomic factors such as land use change, growth urbanization, migration changes, economic development will have be accounted further details...
Abstract Background Cruise ships carry a large number of people in confined spaces with relative homogeneous mixing. On 3 February, 2020, an outbreak COVID-19 on cruise ship Diamond Princess was reported 10 initial cases, following index case board around 21-25th January. By 4th public health measures such as removal and isolation ill passengers quarantine non-ill were implemented. 20th 619 3700 crew (17%) tested positive. Methods We estimated the basic reproduction from period using SEIR...
Abstract Objective To identify whether cytokines, cytokine‐related factors, and chemokines are up‐regulated prior to the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods A nested case–control study was performed in 86 individuals who had donated blood samples before experiencing any symptoms disease (pre‐patients) 256 matched control subjects (1:3 ratio). In 69 pre‐patients, were also obtained at time diagnosis RA. The plasma levels 30 related measured using a multiplex system. Results...
Keeping to more than 1-m distance between people coughing and sneezing, as recommended by the WHO, 5 becomes difficult with higher population densities.Therefore, avoiding situations densities will be a necessary requirement limit spread of COVID-19.
Dengue is a mosquito-borne viral disease that occurs mainly in the tropics and subtropics but has high potential to spread new areas. infections are climate sensitive, so it important better understand how changing factors affect for geographic future dengue epidemics. Vectorial capacity (VC) describes vector's propensity transmit taking into account human, virus, vector interactions. VC highly temperature dependent, most models only take mean values account. Recent evidence shows diurnal...
Several Italian towns are under lockdown to contain the COVID-19 outbreak. The level of transmission reduction required for physical distancing interventions mitigate epidemic is a crucial question. We show that very high adherence community quarantine (total stay-home policy) and small household size necessary curbing outbreak in locked-down town. larger amount time public, longer period needed.
Our review found the effective reproduction number and basic of Omicron variant elicited 3.8 2.5 times higher transmissibility than Delta variant, respectively. The has an average 8.2 3.6.
BackgroundMosquito-borne diseases are expanding their range, and re-emerging in areas where they had subsided for decades. The extent to which climate change influences the transmission suitability population at risk of mosquito-borne across different altitudes densities has not been investigated. aim this study was quantify will influence length season estimate future, given an altitudinal gradient.MethodsUsing a multi-model multi-scenario framework, we estimated changes global malaria...
Introduction An accurate early warning system to predict impending epidemics enhances the effectiveness of preventive measures against dengue fever. The aim this study was develop and validate a forecasting model that could cases provide timely in Singapore. Methodology Principal Findings We developed time series Poisson multivariate regression using weekly mean temperature cumulative rainfall over period 2000–2010. Weather data were modeled piecewise linear spline functions. analyzed...
Warming temperatures may increase the geographic spread of vector-borne diseases into temperate areas. Although a tropical mosquito-borne viral disease, dengue outbreak occurred in Madeira, Portugal, 2012; first Europe since 1920s. This emphasizes potential for re-emergence given changing climates. We present estimates epidemic using vectorial capacity (VC) based on historic and projected temperature (1901–2099). VC indicates vectors' ability to disease among humans. calculated...