“Impact of Climate Change on Emerging Diseases”
10-12 November 2005
Venue: Shanghai Information Center for Life Science. CAS.
No.319, Yueyang Rd. Shanghai
中科院上海生命科学信息中心 (岳阳路319号)
INTRODUCTION
- Impact of Climate Change on Emerging Diseases
Climatic factors are on the top list of determinants that influence the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases.
With the recent outbreak of Marburg virus in western Africa, the ongoing avian flu situation, and near-constant news of the spread of mosquito-borne viruses, the central role played by viral pathogens in disease emergence has become a reality show. Reasons for the emergence/reemergence of infectious diseases are complex and interrelated. Major events like El Nino, large forest fires in Borneo, flooding in Vietnam, etc., have already demonstrated their impact on climate and on human disease burden. These sad events have emphasized the risk of global exposure to disease agents formerly confined to remote areas. Could this impact be predicted, quantified, rapidly diagnosed, and, if not prevented, at least controlled in term of public health?
Using new technologies related to satellite and monitoring systems, scientists are tracing and integrating climate data to better understand the interrelation of environmental factors and to predict future uncontrolled situation dealing with enzootic pathogen circulation and emergence in human population. However, it remains several uncertainties to appreciate the health impacts of global change. Understanding the interrelations between climatological and ecological change as determinants of disease emergence and will contribute to optimize preventive strategies.
Bottleneck caused by environmental factors select genetic adaptive changes of microorganisms contributing to the emergence of new pathogenic agents, forcing the scientists to adapt new technologies to characterize these pathogens and to provide more rapidly measures of prevention. Thus, the control of emerging diseases requires a multidisciplinary approach including clinicians, ecologists, epidemiologists, microbiologists, entomologists, and mathematicians.
This forum will gather about 100 participants and 20 experts on different disciplines who will present their points of view and bring a very interesting debate on how our society and researchers consider the global environmental change on its impact on emerging diseases.
Participant fee: Free of charge
Participants are required to register at this Forum before October 15th, 2005. For the registration, please contact:
Mr. Zhou Xifeng
Shanghai Technology Convention & Exhibition Co., Ltd.
Tel: +8621 52895151ext.105 Fax: +8621 52895263
zxf@stcec.com http://www.stcec.com
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