Environmental Change, Changing Biodiversity, and Infections-Lessons for Kidney Health Community.

ABSTRACT: There is a direct and accelerating connection between ongoing environmental change, the unprecedented decline in biodiversity, and the increase in infectious disease epidemiology worldwide. Rising global temperatures are threatening the biodiversity that underpins the richness and diversity of flora and fauna species in our ecosystem. Anthropogenic activities such as burning fossil fuels, deforestation, rapid urbanization, and expanding population are the primary drivers of environmental change resulting in biodiversity collapse. Climate change is influencing the emergence, prevalence, and transmission of infectious diseases both directly and through its impact on biodiversity. The environment is gradually becoming more suitable for infectious diseases by affecting a variety of pathogens,

SUBMITTER: Meena P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10496083 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature