気候変動は疫病を拡大し パンデミックを引き起こすのでしょうか?
Tulio de Oliveira1, Houriiyah Tegally1
1Centre for Epidemic Response and Innovation (CERI) at Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa. tulio@sun.ac.za; houriiyah@sun.ac.za.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|August 24, 2023
まとめ
気候変動は世界的な健康危機を 加速させ 人間の病原体の半分以上を 悪化させる可能性があります この拡大する脅威は パンデミックからの回復の取り組みと共に 緊急の注意が必要です
科学分野:
- 環境科学
- 流行病学について
- 公衆衛生
背景:
- 世界は悪化する危機に直面しています.COVID-19のパンデミックからの回復と気候変動の加速した影響です.
- 気候変動に関連した極端な天候現象 (山火事,洪水) は,広範な破壊と社会的苦痛を引き起こします.
- 気候変動と感染症の蔓延との 相互作用が 危機的ですが 見過ごされています
研究 の 目的:
- 気候変動と伝染病の発生の 重要かつ過小評価されている関係を強調する
- 気候変動が,現在と将来の公衆衛生上の課題を悪化させる可能性を強調する.
主な方法:
- 気候変動と感染症に関する既存の研究を統合するために,包括的なメタ分析が行われました.
- 気候変動がヒトの病原体に及ぼす影響を定量化するために,数多くの研究から得られたデータが集約されました.
主要な成果:
- メタアナリシスによると 気候変動は 既知のヒトの病原体の50%以上を 悪化させる可能性があるという.
- この相互作用は将来の予測ではなく,活発に発生し,現在の世界的な健康リスクをもたらしています.
結論:
- 気候変動は,感染症の毒性と拡散を増加させ,世界的な健康に重大な脅威をもたらしています.
- 気候変動に対処することは,将来のパンデミックを緩和し,既存の感染症の負担を管理するために不可欠です.
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