Possible impact of rising sea levels on vector-borne infectious diseases
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Possible impact of rising sea levels on vector-borne infectious diseases
BACKGROUND Vector-borne infectious diseases are a significant cause of human and animal mortality and morbidity. Modeling studies predict that changes in climate that accompany global warming will alter the transmission risk of many vector-borne infectious diseases in different parts of the world. Global warming will also raise sea levels, which will lead to an increase in saline and brackish w...
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عنوان ژورنال: BMC Infectious Diseases
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-11-18