Editing Pandemic (section)

=== Climate change ===
{{Further|Effects of global warming on human health#Impact on infectious diseases}}
[[File:Aedes_aegypti_CDC9253.tif|thumb|''[[Aedes aegypti]]'', the mosquito that is the vector for [[dengue]] transmission.]]

There are two groups of infectious diseases that may be affected by climate change. The first group are [[vector-borne disease]]s which are transmitted via insects such as mosquitos or ticks.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9781009325844/type/book |title=Climate Change 2022 – Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability: Working Group II Contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |date=29 June 2023 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-1-009-32584-4 |edition=1 |pages=1041–1170 |doi=10.1017/9781009325844.009}}</ref> Some of these diseases, such as [[malaria]], [[yellow fever]], and [[dengue fever]], can have potentially severe health consequences. Climate can affect the distribution of these diseases due to the changing geographic range of their vectors, with the potential to cause serious outbreaks in areas where the disease has not previously been known.<ref name="The Mosquito's Bite">{{cite book | vauthors = Epstein PR, Ferber D |url= https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_c1j4/page/29 |title=Changing Planet, Changing Health: How the Climate Crisis Threatens Our Health and what We Can Do about it |publisher=University of California Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-520-26909-5 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_c1j4/page/29 29–61] |chapter=The Mosquito's Bite |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nnOkFhXo8rEC&pg=PA29}}</ref> The other group comprises [[Waterborne diseases|water-borne]] diseases such as cholera, dysentery, and typhoid which may increase in prevalence due to changes in rainfall patterns.<ref>{{Cite journal | vauthors = Jung YJ, Khant NA, Kim H, Namkoong S |date=January 2023 |title=Impact of Climate Change on Waterborne Diseases: Directions towards Sustainability |journal=Water |language=en |volume=15 |issue=7 |pages=1298 |doi=10.3390/w15071298 |issn=2073-4441 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2023Water..15.1298J }}</ref>