Global warming and the possible globalization of vector-borne diseases: a call for increased awareness and action

Emmanuel O Balogun; Andrew J Nok; Kiyoshi Kita

doi:10.1186/s41182-016-0039-0

Global warming and the possible globalization of vector-borne diseases: a call for increased awareness and action

Trop Med Health. 2016 Nov 24:44:38. doi: 10.1186/s41182-016-0039-0. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Emmanuel O Balogun¹, Andrew J Nok², Kiyoshi Kita³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan ; Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 2222 Nigeria.
² Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 2222 Nigeria ; African Center of Excellence on Neglected Tropical Diseases and Forensic Biotechnology, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 2222 Nigeria.
³ Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan ; School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, 852-8523 Japan.

Abstract

Human activities such as burning of fossil fuels play a role in upsetting a previously more balanced and harmonious ecosystem. Climate change-a significant variation in the usual pattern of Earth's average weather conditions is a product of this ecosystem imbalance, and the rise in the Earth's average temperature (global warming) is a prominent evidence. There is a correlation between global warming and the ease of transmission of infectious diseases. Therefore, with global health in focus, we herein opine a stepping-up of research activities regarding global warming and infectious diseases globally.

Keywords: Global health; Global warming; Vector-borne diseases.