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ImpactsofClimateChange:CommunicableDiseasesinNon-HumanAnimals
EllaBurroughs,Madi Bryant,Aley Oberdorf,ShannonTaylor
CPSG101Science&GlobalChangeFirstYearColloquiumIIApril3,2018
• Thisgraphicdepictsthelifespanofapathogenandtheperiodimmuneresponseintermsoftheinfectionstatuswithinapopulation
• ThisdiseasemodelisknownasSEIR,Susceptible-Exposed-Infectious-Recovered
• Suchmodelshelpusunderstandthebehaviorofapathogeninanindividualorganism,andhopefullythedynamicsofanepidemic
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• Asshownontheleft,pastclimatechangehasprovedbeneficialfortheChytrid virus(providingitwithwarmer,wetterenvironmentsinwhichitthrives)
• Scientistshavepredictedadeclineinoccurrenceofthefungus(Showntotheleft
• ClimateChangewillcausetheglobetoheatuptotemperaturestoohigh,andexperienceprecipitationlevelstoolargeforthefungustowithstand
• WechoseChyrtrid fungusasanexampleofinfectiousdiseasetomodelourtopicbecausethefungussurvivesoutsideofahostforseveraldays(beyondthe“Infectious”periodoftheSEIRmodel)andhasaninterestingrelationshipwithclimatechange…
• ThegraphabovedepictstheeffectsoftemperatureshiftsontheprevalenceandintensityofChytridFungusinbothjuvenileandadultfrogs.
• Italsoshows theaspectoffrogmortality. Thegraphicshowthatatemperatureincreases,intensityofthediseaseincreasesaswell.
• Astemperaturesrise,thespreadofchytrid fungusincreasesglobally.Thisgraphicshowsthetimelineandconcentrationofthespreadofthefungus.
• AnotherexampleisBlueTongueDisease,whicheffectsruminants(specificallycattle),andcauseshighdeathrates.Partofthisdiseaseiscarried,andtransmittedbymosquitoesthatfeedofofthecattle'sblood.
• Sincepartofamosquitoeslifestyleisspentinwarm,wetenvironments,climatechange(withincreasedtemperaturesandrainfall)willallowmosquitopopulationstothrive,andspreadevenmorebluetonguedisease.
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