New research from scientists at Trinity College Dublin strongly implies that heat waves have a major influence on the spread of many diseases—and that many existing predictive models have overlooked this complexity. Specifically, scientists have discovered that differences in heat waves—such as how much hotter they are than normal temperatures, and how long they last—can increase disease burden by up to 13 times in a commonly used experimental animal model.
Heat waves greatly influence parasite burden and disease spread, research suggests
