Climate Change and Human Health: A Review of Allergies, Autoimmunity and the Microbiome
Department of Neurology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA
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Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17(13), 4814; https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134814
Received: 29 April 2020
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Revised: 26 June 2020
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Accepted: 29 June 2020
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Published: 4 July 2020
(This article belongs to the Section Climate Change)
The impact of climate change on human health is a topic of critical importance. While only recently beginning to gain attention, it is clear that immediate action is necessary to minimize this impact. In our review, we will outline a subset of these effects in detail. We will examine how climate change has worsened respiratory allergic disease. We will discuss how climate change has altered antigen exposure, possibly disrupting antigen-specific tolerance by the immune system, leading, in turn, to an increase in the prevalence of immunologic diseases. Finally, we will explore how the loss of biodiversity related to climate change may affect the microbiome, potentially leading to dysbiosis, inflammatory, autoimmune and neurologic diseases.
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Keywords:
climate change; allergy; autoimmunity; microbiome; dysbiosis; neurodevelopment
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Ray, C.; Ming, X. Climate Change and Human Health: A Review of Allergies, Autoimmunity and the Microbiome. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 4814. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134814
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Ray C, Ming X. Climate Change and Human Health: A Review of Allergies, Autoimmunity and the Microbiome. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(13):4814. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134814
Chicago/Turabian StyleRay, Carly, and Xue Ming. 2020. "Climate Change and Human Health: A Review of Allergies, Autoimmunity and the Microbiome" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 13: 4814. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134814
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