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Review
. 2022 Dec;51(12):2664-2673.
doi: 10.18502/ijph.v51i12.11457.

Climate Crises and Developing Vector-Borne Diseases: A Narrative Review

Nooshin Mojahed  1 , Mohammad Ali Mohammadkhani  2 , Ashraf Mohamadkhani  1
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Review

Climate Crises and Developing Vector-Borne Diseases: A Narrative Review

Nooshin Mojahed et al. Iran J Public Health. 2022 Dec.

Abstract

Background: Climate change based on temperature, humidity and wind can improve many characteristics of the arthropod carrier life cycle, including survival, arthropod population, pathogen communication, and the spread of infectious agents from vectors. This study aimed to find association between content of disease followed climate change we demonstrate in humans.

Methods: All the articles from 2016 to 2021 associated with global climate change and the effect of vector-borne disease were selected form databases including PubMed and the Global Biodiversity information facility database. All the articles selected for this short review were English.

Results: Due to the high burden of infectious diseases and the growing evidence of the possible effects of climate change on the incidence of these diseases, these climate changes can potentially be involved with the COVID-19 epidemic. We highlighted the evidence of vector-borne diseases and the possible effects of climate change on these communicable diseases.

Conclusion: Climate change, specifically in rising temperature system is one of the world's greatest concerns already affected pathogen-vector and host relation. Lice parasitic, fleas, mites, ticks, and mosquitos are the prime public health importance in the transmission of virus to human hosts.

Keywords: COVID-19; Climate change; Parasitic insects; Rising temperature; Vector-borne diseases.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of interest The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests.

Figures

Fig. 1:
Fig. 1:
The information flow through the phase of short review. Our search was done by using keywords in English. 50 related studies were used between 2016–2021
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Fig. 2:
The conceivable association of climate change on vector-borne diseases and spread of infectious diseases alongside with other negative impacts on human’s health and environment
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Fig. 3:
Five main arthropod vectors with their predominant kinds
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Fig. 4:
Viral agents transmitted to humans through mosquito bites
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Casual relations of Covid-19 and environmental factors
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