77,000 studies were scoured to map the pathways. Climate change can exacerbate a full 58% of the infectious diseases that humans come in contact with worldwide, from common waterborne viruses to ...

In the Amazon basin, foodborne transmission is already the leading cause of acute Chagas disease. It has been described in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, and Venezuela.

Why Lyme and other tick-borne diseases are on the rise. The complex interplay of ticks, their habitats and hosts — along with changes in land use and climate — may be enabling the spread of ...

How viruses move through insects for transmission of diseases. Story by Science X staff • 6d. V iruses are master parasites that have adapted to infect many host species.

Most diseases that spread through the air are also contagious through larger respiratory droplet transmission. This type of infection occurs when people are within 6 feet of each other. Measles ...

A team has reported the first-ever evidence of human-to-human transmission of Alzheimer’s disease, demonstrating how a human growth hormone treatment transplanted toxic proteins into children ...

In these cases, the patients’ early-onset dementia symptoms may be the result of the possible transmission of amyloid beta protein, which is a key component of Alzheimer’s disease when it ...

Overall, it seems that the microbiome, with a significant influence on brain function and psychiatric disease, may play a role in the transmission of certain types of mental illness.

A simplified version of the pathogenic disease chart shows how different climate disasters interact with transmission pathways and pathogens. The full version is available at https://camilo-mora ...

A simplified version of the pathogenic disease chart shows how different climate disasters interact with transmission pathways and pathogens. The full version is available at https://camilo-mora ...