by sphclimate | Nov 30, 2023 | Environment, Infectious disease
Cholera has been endemic to the Ganges Delta for centuries. Although the causative agent, Vibrio cholerae, is autochthonous to coastal and brackish water, cholera occurs continually in Dhaka, the inland capital city of Bangladesh which is surrounded by fresh water....
by sphclimate | Nov 30, 2023 | Environment, Infectious disease
On January 12, 2010, a catastrophic 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti, affecting 3,500,000 people [1], [2]. This severely damaged an already marginal public sanitation system, creating ideal conditions for outbreaks of major infectious diseases. In October 2010,...
by sphclimate | Nov 30, 2023 | Environment, Infectious disease
Although cholera is an ancient disease that first arose at least half a millennium ago, it remains a major health threat globally. Its pandemic form is caused by strains from a single lineage of the bacterium Vibrio cholerae. The ancestor of this lineage harbored...
by sphclimate | Nov 29, 2023 | Climate, Infectious disease
Cases of vibriosis, waterborne or foodborne infections from the human pathogens Vibrio species such as Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio parahaemolyticus, have dramatically risen as a result of warming waters. Their abundance is directly related to water temperature (Fig....
by sphclimate | Nov 29, 2023 | Climate, Environment, Infectious disease
Traditional disease surveillance systems are ill-equipped to handle climate change–driven shifts in pathogen dynamics. If paired with wastewater surveillance, a cost-effective and scalable approach for generating high-resolution health data, such next-generation...
