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Climate change as an amplifier of hantavirus risk in South Asia: a neglected nexus.
| Τίτλος: | Climate change as an amplifier of hantavirus risk in South Asia: a neglected nexus. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Talha M; Fatima Memorial Hospital College of Medicine and Dentistry, Lahore 54000, Pakistan. |
| Πηγή: | Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg] 2026 Oct 05; Vol. 120 (10), pp. e13-e14. |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Oxford University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 7506129 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1878-3503 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00359203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg Subsets: MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Publication: 2013- : Oxford : Oxford University Press Original Publication: 1920- : London : Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene |
| Ιατρικοί όροι (MeSH): | Hantavirus Infections*/epidemiology , Hantavirus Infections*/transmission , Climate Change* , Orthohantavirus*, Leptospirosis/epidemiology ; Disease Reservoirs/virology ; Rodentia/virology ; Humans ; Animals ; One Health ; Asia, Southern |
| Περίληψη: | Hantavirus is seroepidemiologically established in South Asian human populations and rodent reservoirs, with anti-hantavirus antibodies confirmed in occupational risk groups in India, an independent association with chronic kidney disease demonstrated in Sri Lanka, and co-infection with leptospirosis identified in more than one-fifth of hospitalized leptospirosis patients. Despite this, the intersection of these findings with the region's intensifying monsoon floods, rapid urbanization, and climate-driven rodent ecology remains entirely unexamined. This letter highlights the neglected climate-hantavirus nexus, identifies structural vulnerabilities that amplify transmission risk in South Asia, and calls for integrated flood-response surveillance and One Health coordination across the region. (© The Author(s) 2026. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. All rights reserved. For commercial re-use, please contact reprints@oup.com for reprints and translation rights for reprints. All other permissions can be obtained through our RightsLink service via the Permissions link on the article page on our site-for further information please contact journals.permissions@oup.com.) |
| Contributed Indexing: | Keywords: One Health; South Asia; climate change; floods; hantavirus infections; rodents |
| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260729 Date Completed: 20261005 Latest Revision: 20261005 |
| Update Code: | 20261005 |
| DOI: | 10.1093/trstmh/trag082 |
| PMID: | 42522561 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1878-3503 |
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| DOI: | 10.1093/trstmh/trag082 |