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Iowa Climate Science Educators Forum Infectious Diseases - bugs and vector Dr. Yogi Shah MD, MPH Des Moines University
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Climate Change and Human Health Global climate change effects: Temperature Precipitation Humidity Storms and Flooding Heat Vector Biology Air Pollutants Food Supply Morbidity / Mortality / Displacement Cardiovascular and respiratory mortality Infectious Disease Respiratory Diseases Malnutrition Mental Health
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Bugs and Vectors
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Vectors Infectious Disease Mosquitoes Malaria Dengue Chikungunya West Nile Virus Ticks Lyme Climate change Temperature Precipitation Humidity
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What makes Infectious Diseases Our Issue?
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More than 30 agents have emerged during the past two decades
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Vectors
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Mosquitoes and climate
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Temp. dependent
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30c =86f 20c= 68f
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Climate change can sting us literally
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Global climate change effects: Temperature Vector Biology Infectious Disease Mosquitoes Malaria Dengue Chikungunya West Nile Virus
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Malaria
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Mosquito (Anopheles) – Plasmodium (P. Falciparum, P. Vivax..) 200 million cases/year 600,000 deaths
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30c =86f 20c= 68f
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Relationship between temperature and malaria parasite development time inside the mosquito (“extrinsic incubation period” or EIP). Patz J A, and Olson S H PNAS 2006;103:5635-5636 30c =86f 20c= 68f
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Patz J A, and Olson S H PNAS 2006;103:5635-5636 30c =86f 20c= 68f
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Number of malaria cases- largest since 1971 50% increase from 2008 CDC
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Global climate change effects: Temperature Mosquitoes Malaria Dengue Chikungunya West Nile Virus
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Chikungunya(ChikV)
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Mosquito ( Aedes aegypti and Ae. Albopictus) -viral infection
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Ae. Albopictus distribution 2007
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Global climate change effects: Temperature Mosquitoes Malaria Dengue Chikungunya West Nile Virus
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West Nile Virus Disease
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Mosquito (Culex Pipiens) - West Nile virus (WNV)
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1999
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2002
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2005
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62 712 5,674
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Climate Change and Human Health Global climate change effects: Temperature Precipitation Humidity Storms and Flooding Heat Vector Biology Air Pollutants Food Supply Morbidity / Mortality / Displacement Cardiovascular and respiratory mortality Infectious Disease Respiratory Diseases Malnutrition Mental Health
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Dr. Shah MD, MPH Yogesh.shah@dmu.edu Yogesh.shah@dmu.edu Des Moines University
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