The Influence of Global Environmental Change on Infectious Disease Dynamics: Workshop Summary

by Forum on Microbial Threats, Board on Global Health, Institute of Medicine

The twentieth century witnessed an era of unprecedented, large-scale, anthropogenic changes to the natural environment. Understanding how environmental factors directly and indirectly affect the emergence and spread of infectious disease has assumed global importance for life on this planet. While the causal links between environmental change and disease emergence are complex, progress in understanding these links, as well as how their impacts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309304997
• ISBN13: 9780309304993
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 444 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 8.9"