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Climate Change and Zoonoses: Disease Pathogens, Vectors and Hosts

Many neglected tropical diseases have risen in incidence or re-emerged in Western countries with the flow of migrants from areas where the diseases are endemic.
CME credit is no longer available for this conference.

Course Authors

Mohamed S. K. Kamel, Ph.D.

Release Date: 08/08/2021

 
Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this Cyberounds®, you should be able to:

  • Describe in detail the effect of climate change on emerging and re-emerging of various zoonotic diseases;

  • Map the expanding global presence of various vectors;

  • Enumerate the food-borne, water-borne and vector-borne diseases affected by global warming.

 

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