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Climate Change and Human Health: A Review of Allergies, Autoimmunity and the Microbiome

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  • Carly Ray

    (Department of Neurology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA)

  • Xue Ming

    (Department of Neurology, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ 07103, USA)

Abstract

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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  • Carly Ray & Xue Ming, 2020. "Climate Change and Human Health: A Review of Allergies, Autoimmunity and the Microbiome," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(13), pages 1-7, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:13:p:4814-:d:380270
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    1. Xue Ming & Carly Ray, 2019. "Recognizing the Effect of Ecosystem Disruption on Human Health and Neurodevelopment," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(24), pages 1-5, December.
    2. Lynda Hamaoui-Laguel & Robert Vautard & Li Liu & Fabien Solmon & Nicolas Viovy & Dmitry Khvorostyanov & Franz Essl & Isabelle Chuine & Augustin Colette & Mikhail A. Semenov & Alice Schaffhauser & Jona, 2015. "Effects of climate change and seed dispersal on airborne ragweed pollen loads in Europe," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 5(8), pages 766-771, August.
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