Information sources
UK Government reports
Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK - An expert review for comment
Report of the Expert Group on Climate Change and Health in the UK
Dept of Health. 2001. 290 pp
Chapter 4.3. Vector-borne diseases and climate change. pp 101-138
Health Effects of Climate Change in the UK 2008 – an update of the Department of Health Report 2001/2002.
Dept of Health. 2008. 113 pp
Chapter 3. Vector-borne diseases and climate change. pp 34-70
Nuisance Insects and Climate Change
Defra. March 2009
International reports
Protecting health in Europe from climate change
Edited by Bettina Menne, Franklin Apfel, Sari Kovats and Francesca Racioppi
WHO Europe 2008, 51 pages
ISBN 978 92 890 7187 1
Anticipating changes in vector-borne diseases. pp 22-23
A Human Health Perspective On Climate Change
A report outlining the research needs on the human health effects of climate change
NIEHS 2010
Vectorborne and zoonotic diseases. pp 45-59
NGO reports
Climate Change and its Health Implications
A summary report for environmental health practitioners on the health implications of climate change
CIEH. November 2008
Para 5.2.2 Vectorborne disease: malaria. tick borne encephalitis; Lyme disease
Pest Control - The impact of climate change on pest populations and public health
CIEH. November 2008
Inside the Greenhouse: The impacts of CO2 and climate change on public health in the inner city
Ed. Paul R. Epstein & Christine Rogers
Publisher: The Center for Health and the Global Environment, Harvard Medical School
April 2004. 28 pp
West Nile Virus - Case Study pp 16-19
Books
The Health Practitioners Guide to Climate Change (Book)
Ed. Jenny Griffiths; Mala Rao; Fiona Adshead; Allison Thorpe
Publisher: Earthscan. 2009. 380 pp. ISBN: 978-1-84407-729-8
Vector-borne, rodent-borne and other infectious diseases. pp 49-51
Link to Earthscan bookshop
Other references
Predicting the spread of the tiger mosquito in Europe.
European Commission Science for Environment Policy Bulletin
8 September 2011