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Zoonotic Diseases and Public Health · Journal article
iScience · August 26, 2026
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This scoping review synthesizes observational and mechanistic evidence from 427 articles to document associations between climate variables and the emergence, transmission, and persistence of infectious diseases and antimicrobial resistance. The work identifies strong correlations but does not quantify effect sizes, compare interventions, or establish causal pathways; it is best read as a landscape synthesis motivating integrated climate-health policy and surveillance research.
Scoping review. Published literature on climate change and infectious disease emergence, antimicrobial resistance, pathogen transmission, and detection tools.. n = 427.
Climate variables significantly influence pathogen growth, reproduction, and transmission through vectors Strong associations identified between climatic changes and spread of bacterial, viral, fungal, and protozoal diseases Temperature fluctuations and anoxic conditions promote antimicrobial resistance development
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This review supports the rationale for integrating climate considerations into infectious disease surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship programmes, but does not provide actionable effect sizes, risk stratification, or intervention trials to guide specific clinical decisions.
A scoping review of 427 articles synthesizing associations between climate and disease emergence, but without original data, effect sizes, or causal evidence; suitable for framing the research landscape rather than guiding clinical decisions.
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This review supports the rationale for integrating climate considerations into infectious disease surveillance and antimicrobial stewardship programmes, but does not provide actionable effect sizes, risk stratification, or intervention trials to guide specific clinical decisions.
Graded across the dimensions that decide whether you should act, each from what the source actually supports. There is no single score, and where a dimension was not assessed it says so.
Climate change is increasingly disrupting environmental and ecological systems, creating conditions that facilitate the emergence, transmission, and persistence of infectious diseases and the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). This scoping review analyzed 427 articles published over the past five years, retrieved from major scientific databases. Findings show that climate variables significantly influence pathogen growth, reproduction, and transmission through vectors. Strong associations were identified between climatic changes and the spread of bacterial, viral, fungal, and protozoal diseases. Temperature fluctuations and anoxic conditions can promote AMR development. Climate-driven migration of birds and bats further contributes to cross-border pathogen transmission. The review also highlights emerging AI tools for rapid pathogen detection, diagnosis, and surveillance. Overall, climate change poses significant public health risks through increased infectious and non-infectious disease burden, zoonotic spillover, and AMR spread, emphasizing the need for integrated climate-health policies, AMR stewardship, AI-enabled surveillance, and interdisciplinary One Health research.
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