2017
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0005659
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Challenges in developing methods for quantifying the effects of weather and climate on water-associated diseases: A systematic review

Abstract: Infectious diseases attributable to unsafe water supply, sanitation and hygiene (e.g. Cholera, Leptospirosis, Giardiasis) remain an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in low-income countries. Climate and weather factors are known to affect the transmission and distribution of infectious diseases and statistical and mathematical modelling are continuously developing to investigate the impact of weather and climate on water-associated diseases. There have been little critical analyses of the … Show more

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“…Notwithstanding the complex pathways linking climate anomalies and diarrhoea [69] and the challenges this poses for quantifying the effects of weather and climate on water-associated diseases in general [70][71][72], diarrhoeal illness is generally sensitive to climate anomalies [73][74][75][76][77][78] with unusually warm conditions conducive to enhanced pathogen replication and survival rates, while rainfall surpluses may transport faecal matter into water courses with micro-organisms becoming concentrated in water bodies during periods of rainfall deficit. While Demisse and Mengisitie [79] noted that El Niño has an impact on diarrhoea incidence for a number of major geographic regions, many of the cited papers address temperature/rainfall-diarrhoea association as opposed to climate driven variations in diarrhoea moderated by ENSO.…”
Section: Diarrhoeamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Notwithstanding the complex pathways linking climate anomalies and diarrhoea [69] and the challenges this poses for quantifying the effects of weather and climate on water-associated diseases in general [70][71][72], diarrhoeal illness is generally sensitive to climate anomalies [73][74][75][76][77][78] with unusually warm conditions conducive to enhanced pathogen replication and survival rates, while rainfall surpluses may transport faecal matter into water courses with micro-organisms becoming concentrated in water bodies during periods of rainfall deficit. While Demisse and Mengisitie [79] noted that El Niño has an impact on diarrhoea incidence for a number of major geographic regions, many of the cited papers address temperature/rainfall-diarrhoea association as opposed to climate driven variations in diarrhoea moderated by ENSO.…”
Section: Diarrhoeamentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There have been limited critical evaluation of statistical approaches on the study meteorological factors and leptospirosis or other water-associated diseases [51].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Modeling work in Virginia, Mississippi, and Illinois suggests increased fecal indicator bacteria loads (FIBindicate the potential presence of pathogenic organisms) in a changing future (Patz et al 2008;Liu et al 2010;Coffey et al 2015a, b;Jayakody et al 2015). Other theoretical studies suggest an increased risk of human exposure and waterborne illnesses (Coffey et al 2014;Uejio et al 2014;Vavrus and Behnke 2014;Jiang et al 2015;Levy et al 2016;Trtanj et al 2016;Iacono et al 2017).…”
Section: Pathogensmentioning
confidence: 99%