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Climate Variability, Social and Environmental Factors, and Ross River Virus Transmission: Research Development and Future Research Needs
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Background: Arbovirus diseases have emerged as a global public health concern. However, the impact of climatic, social, and environmental variability on the transmission of arbovirus diseases remains to be determined. Objective: Our goal for this study was to provide an overview of research development and future research directions about the interrelationship between climate variability, social and environmental factors, and the transmission of Ross River virus (RRV), the most common and widespread arbovirus disease in Australia. Methods: We conducted a systematic literature search on climatic, social, and environmental factors and RRV disease. Potentially relevant studies were identified from a series of electronic searches. Results: The body of evidence revealed that the transmission cycles of RRV disease appear to be sensitive to climate and tidal variability. Rainfall, temperature, and high tides were among major determinants of the transmission of RRV disease at the macro level. However, the nature and magnitude of the interrelationship between climate variability, mosquito density, and the transmission of RRV disease varied with geographic area and socioenvironmental condition. Projected anthropogenic global climatic change may result in an increase in RRV infections, and the key determinants of RRV transmission we have identified here may be useful in the development of an early warning system. Conclusions: The analysis indicates that there is a complex relationship between climate variability, social and environmental factors, and RRV transmission. Different strategies may be needed for the control and prevention of RRV disease at different levels. These research findings could be used as an additional tool to support decision making in disease control/surveillance and risk management.
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Some weather-based models exist that can call attention to conditions conducive to increased vector abundance.
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Weather-based models have been used locally with some success, for example, to predict outbreaks of Ross River Virus (RRV) in Australia.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Tong, S., Dale, P., Nicholls, N., Mackenzie, J. S., Wolff, R., & McMichael, A. J.
- Affiliations
- Queensland University of Technology (AU)
- Griffith University (AU)
- Monash University (AU)
- Curtin University (AU)
- Australian National University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Tong, Shilu
- Venue
- Environmental Health Perspectives
- Publisher
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
- Published
- 2008-07-24
- Volume
- 116
- Issue
- 12
- Pages
- 1591-1597
- ISSN
- 0091-6765 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-9924
- PMC
- PMC2599750
- OpenAlex
- W2011748559
- Cited by
- 67
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 0.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- public-domain
- creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (vor, 3445 d)
- Locations
- Environmental Health Perspectives (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, public-domain)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- QUT ePrints (Queensland University of Technology) (submittedVersion)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion, public-domain)
- eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion)
- Griffith Research Online (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Health and Medical Research Council (290515)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Life Sciences › Immunology and Microbiology › Parasitology › Vector-borne infectious diseases
- Keywords
- Ross River virus, arbovirus transmission, climate variability, rainfall, temperature, tidal variation, mosquito abundance, socio-environmental factors, climate change, early warning systems, disease prevention and control, disease surveillance, Australia
- MeSH terms
- Animals, Australia, Climate, Environment, Humans, Insect Vectors, Interpersonal Relations, Culicidae, Risk Factors, Ross River virus, Alphavirus Infections, Biomedical Research
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