Impact of climate change on waterborne infections and intoxications
Susann Dupke, Udo Buchholz, Jutta Fastner, Christina Förster, Christina Frank, Astrid Lewin, Volker Rickerts, Hans‐Christoph Selinka
Abstract
concentrations. In nutrient-rich water bodies, increased concentrations of toxigenic cyanobacteria may occur as temperatures rise. Heavy rainfall following storms or prolonged periods of heat and drought can lead to increased levels of human pathogenic viruses being washed into water bodies. Rising temperatures also pose a potential threat to human health through pathogens causing mycoses and facultatively pathogenic micro-organisms: increased infection rates with non-tuberculous mycobacteria or fungi have been documented after extreme weather events.
Topics & Concepts
Waterborne diseasesLegionellaClimate changeHuman healthBiologyHuman pathogenSeawaterCholeraPathogenEnvironmental scienceExtreme weatherEcologyMicrobiologyEnvironmental healthWater qualityBacteriaMedicineGeneticsLegionella and Acanthamoeba researchVibrio bacteria research studiesIndoor Air Quality and Microbial Exposure