Association of climatic factors with infectious diseases in the Arctic and subarctic region : a systematic review
Background: The Arctic and subarctic area are likely to be highly affected by climate change, with possible impacts on human health due to effects on food security and infectious diseases. Objectives: To investigate the evidence for an association between climatic factors and infectious diseases, an...
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ftumeauniv:oai:DiVA.org:umu-91394 2023-10-09T21:48:31+02:00 Association of climatic factors with infectious diseases in the Arctic and subarctic region : a systematic review Hedlund, Christina Blomstedt, Yulia Schumann, Barbara 2014 application/pdf http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-91394 https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.24161 eng eng Umeå universitet, Epidemiologi och global hälsa Global Health Action Global Health Action, 1654-9716, 2014, 7, s. 1-16 orcid:0000-0002-9722-0370 http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-91394 doi:10.3402/gha.v7.24161 PMID 24990685 ISI:000338438200001 Scopus 2-s2.0-84925223896 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess infectious diseases climatic factors Arctic subarctic region systematic reviews Public Health Global Health Social Medicine and Epidemiology Folkhälsovetenskap global hälsa socialmedicin och epidemiologi Article, review/survey info:eu-repo/semantics/article text 2014 ftumeauniv https://doi.org/10.3402/gha.v7.24161 2023-09-22T13:57:30Z Background: The Arctic and subarctic area are likely to be highly affected by climate change, with possible impacts on human health due to effects on food security and infectious diseases. Objectives: To investigate the evidence for an association between climatic factors and infectious diseases, and to identify the most climate-sensitive diseases and vulnerable populations in the Arctic and subarctic region. Methods: A systematic review was conducted. A search was made in PubMed, with the last update in May 2013. Inclusion criteria included human cases of infectious disease as outcome, climate or weather factor as exposure, and Arctic or subarctic areas as study origin. Narrative reviews, case reports, and projection studies were excluded. Abstracts and selected full texts were read and evaluated by two independent readers. A data collection sheet and an adjusted version of the SIGN methodology checklist were used to assess the quality grade of each article. Results: In total, 1953 abstracts were initially found, of which finally 29 articles were included. Almost half of the studies were carried out in Canada (n = 14), the rest from Sweden (n = 6), Finland (n = 4), Norway (n = 2), Russia (n = 2), and Alaska, US (n = 1). Articles were analyzed by disease group: food-and waterborne diseases, vector-borne diseases, airborne viral-and airborne bacterial diseases. Strong evidence was found in our review for an association between climatic factors and food-and waterborne diseases. The scientific evidence for a link between climate and specific vector-and rodent-borne diseases was weak due to that only a few diseases being addressed in more than one publication, although several articles were of very high quality. Air temperature and humidity seem to be important climatic factors to investigate further for viral-and bacterial airborne diseases, but from our results no conclusion about a causal relationship could be drawn. Conclusions: More studies of high quality are needed to investigate the adverse health impacts of ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change Human health Subarctic Alaska Umeå University: Publications (DiVA) Arctic Canada Norway Global Health Action 7 1 24161 |
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Background: The Arctic and subarctic area are likely to be highly affected by climate change, with possible impacts on human health due to effects on food security and infectious diseases. Objectives: To investigate the evidence for an association between climatic factors and infectious diseases, and to identify the most climate-sensitive diseases and vulnerable populations in the Arctic and subarctic region. Methods: A systematic review was conducted. A search was made in PubMed, with the last update in May 2013. Inclusion criteria included human cases of infectious disease as outcome, climate or weather factor as exposure, and Arctic or subarctic areas as study origin. Narrative reviews, case reports, and projection studies were excluded. Abstracts and selected full texts were read and evaluated by two independent readers. A data collection sheet and an adjusted version of the SIGN methodology checklist were used to assess the quality grade of each article. Results: In total, 1953 abstracts were initially found, of which finally 29 articles were included. Almost half of the studies were carried out in Canada (n = 14), the rest from Sweden (n = 6), Finland (n = 4), Norway (n = 2), Russia (n = 2), and Alaska, US (n = 1). Articles were analyzed by disease group: food-and waterborne diseases, vector-borne diseases, airborne viral-and airborne bacterial diseases. Strong evidence was found in our review for an association between climatic factors and food-and waterborne diseases. The scientific evidence for a link between climate and specific vector-and rodent-borne diseases was weak due to that only a few diseases being addressed in more than one publication, although several articles were of very high quality. Air temperature and humidity seem to be important climatic factors to investigate further for viral-and bacterial airborne diseases, but from our results no conclusion about a causal relationship could be drawn. Conclusions: More studies of high quality are needed to investigate the adverse health impacts of ... |
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Association of climatic factors with infectious diseases in the Arctic and subarctic region : a systematic review |
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Association of climatic factors with infectious diseases in the Arctic and subarctic region : a systematic review |
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Association of climatic factors with infectious diseases in the Arctic and subarctic region : a systematic review |
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Association of climatic factors with infectious diseases in the Arctic and subarctic region : a systematic review |
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Association of climatic factors with infectious diseases in the Arctic and subarctic region : a systematic review |
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association of climatic factors with infectious diseases in the arctic and subarctic region : a systematic review |
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Umeå universitet, Epidemiologi och global hälsa |
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