Urban|associated diseases

Urban-associated diseases: Candidate diseases, environmental risk ...

We found evidence for urban associations across allergic, auto-immune, inflammatory, lifestyle and infectious disease categories.

Urban health - World Health Organization (WHO)

The rising noncommunicable disease burden, the persistent threat of infectious disease outbreaks and an increased risk of violence and ...

Urbanization and Infectious Diseases: General Principles, Historical ...

As demographics shift from rural to urban, and as urban centers increasingly encroach on adjacent deserts, forests, and fields, human hosts may be newly exposed ...

Candidate diseases, environmental risk factors, and a path forward

Methods: We focus on any diseases that have been associated with cities or are particularly prominent in today's urban societies. We draw on expertise across ...

Urban health - World Health Organization (WHO)

Other forms of pollution, such as noise, water and soil contamination, so-called urban heat islands, and a lack of space for walking, cycling and active living ...

Urbanization and Infectious Diseases - BioMed Central

Non-communicable diseases have attracted researcher' concern due to its increasing importance during the process of urbanization (e.g., cardiovascular disease, ...

urban areas are ground zero for the transmission of emerging ...

Cities and pandemics: urban areas are ground zero for the transmission of emerging human infectious diseases ... Also, rabies has been associated ...

Urbanisation and infectious diseases in a globalised world

Physicians in urban environments in developing and developed countries need to be aware of the changes in infectious diseases associated with urbanisation.

Trends in Death Rates in Urban and Rural Areas - CDC

Differences between rural and urban areas in death rates for heart disease, cancer, and CLRD widened over the period. In both rural and urban areas, heart ...

Mapping the urban and rural planning response paths to pandemics ...

... associated with infectious disease prevention. Maps are also useful tools for urban planners to understand the complicated relationships ...

Urban Health - UN-Habitat

Rapid urbanization and absence or inadequacy urban planning can lead to unhealthy environments which sustain infectious diseases (e.g. COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, ...

Whether Urbanization Has Intensified the Spread of Infectious ...

One hypothesis attributes the intensified transmission of COVID-19 to the “urban diseases” caused by the rapid urban expansion, such as ...

Urban diseases | MCLC Resource Center - U.OSU

The ailments of the cities — what are known as “urban diseases” (城市病 chéngshì bìng; also known as “big city disease”) in China — are familiar ...

Examining the paradox of urban disease ecology by linking the ...

A key cause of urban health penalties is increased transmission of zoonotic diseases due to the close coexistence of humans and zoonotic species ...

How urbanization affects the epidemiology of emerging infectious ...

The ever-changing environment of cities has made certain infectious diseases both emerge and re-emerge. Pathogens which adapt to urban environments from rural ...

Review Urbanisation and infectious diseases in a globalised world

Physicians in urban environments in developing and developed countries need to be aware of the changes in infectious diseases associated with urbanisation.

Urban living and chronic diseases in the presence of economic growth

Coronary heart disease and cancer were chosen for the cross-comparison to represent chronic diseases indirectly associated with living in urban areas and with ...

Table of Contents | CDC Yellow Book 2024

Section 5: Travel-Associated Infections & Diseases - Bacterial. Travel-Associated Infections & Diseases - Bacterial. Vaccine-Preventable Diseases: Bacterial ...

Candidate diseases, environmental risk factors, and a path forward

To synthesize the current understanding of “urban-associated diseases”, and discover the common, potentially modifiable features of cities that may be driving ...

As cities grow, diseases spread faster and urban design is key - Ensia

There is no one solution to preventing infectious disease, which takes many forms in cities. But experts agree that while the risk of outbreaks ...