Climate Teleconnections and Recent Patterns of Human and Animal Disease Outbreaks

Anyamba, Assaf; J. Linthicum, Kenneth; Small, Jennifer; Collins, K.; J. Tucker, Compton; W. Pak, Edwin; C. Britch, Seth; Ronald Eastman, James; Enrique Dí­az Pinzón, Jorge; L. Russell, Kevin

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0001465

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Climate Teleconnections and Recent Patterns of Human and Animal Disease Outbreaks

Published in PLoS neglected tropical diseases • Jan 24, 2012

Authors:

Assaf Anyamba

Kenneth J. Linthicum

Jennifer Small

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Recent clusters of outbreaks of mosquito-borne diseases (Rift Valley fever and chikungunya) in Africa and parts of the Indian Ocean islands illustrate how interannual climate variability influences the changing risk patterns of disease outbreaks. Although Rift Valley fever outbreaks have...

Subject

Rift Valley fever

Outbreak

Chikungunya

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