Climate change and infectious diseases in the Arctic: establishment of a circumpolar working group.

Author:

Parkinson, A, Evengard, B, Semenza, J, Ogden, N, Børresen, M, Berner, J, Brubaker, M, Evander, M, Hondula, D, Menne, B, Pshenichnaya, N, Gounder, P, Larose T, Revich, B, Hueffer, K, and Albihn, A

Publication type:

Journal Article

Publication date:

2014-09

Journal/Series title:

Int J Circumpolar Health

Volume:

URL:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4185088/

Abstract:

Potentially climate-sensitive zoonotic pathogens of circumpolar concern include Brucella spp., Toxoplasma gondii, Trichinella spp., Clostridium botulinum, Francisella tularensis, Borrelia burgdorferi, Bacillus anthracis, Echinococcus spp., Leptospira spp., Giardia spp., Cryptosporida spp., Coxiella burnetti, rabies virus, West Nile virus, Hantaviruses, and tick-borne encephalitis viruses.