Abstract
Wind: a neglected factor in the spread of infectious diseases
Highlights
Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases can result from unbalanced human, animal, and environmental factors
The aforementioned examples are classic and even considered common place when analysing the factors involved in the dynamics of the spread of infectious diseases, often they are unable to provide us with a complete understanding of the complex behaviour of certain outbreaks
The study by Noriko Endo and Elfatih Eltahir[4] published in The Lancet Planetary Health (Sep 1, p e406–13) is an important contribution, because it shows that the wind speed and direction affect malaria transmission
Summary
Wind: a neglected factor in the spread of infectious diseases Emerging and reemerging infectious diseases can result from unbalanced human, animal, and environmental factors.
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