Epidemics on the move: Climate change and infectious disease

News | Posted on Friday 27 November 2020

Being able to predict the effect of climate change on infectious disease is vital for human and ecosystem health.

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YESI Director Professor Matthew Thomas has written the editorial for a new special issue from PLOS Biology "Epidemics on the move: Climate change and infectious disease". Being able to predict the effect of climate change on infectious disease is vital for human and  ecosystem health. The papers included in the special edition cover a diversity of disease systems, but as a common theme ask the authors to highlight some key recommendations and approaches for further research. Read the all the papers here.