Table 2

Table 2: Infections influenced by global warming

Disease		 Population  Prevalence	   Present		Possible change
		 at risk     of infection  distribution	   	by climate
								change	
Malaria		 2530	     970	   tropics/subtropics	+++
Dengue		 NA	     NA		   tropics/subtropics	++
Schistosomiasis	 600	     200	   tropics/subtropics	++
Lymphatic	 900	     90		   tropics/subtropics	++
 filariasis
Onchocerciasis	 90	     18		   Africa/Latin America	+
African		 50	     0.025 new	   tropical Africa	+ 
 trypanosomiasis	      cases/y
Yellow fever	 NA	     NA		   Africa/Latin America	+
Japanese	 NA	     NA		   East/South East Asia	+
 encephalitis
Leishmaniases	 350	     12		   Asia/S .Eurp.	?
					   /Africa/S . Amer.

million people, +++ = highly likely, ++ = very likely, + = likely, ? = not known