African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12497

Full Length Research Paper

Be careful for neglected diseases

Ji-Huan He
Modern Textile Institute, Donghua University, 1882 Yan'an Xilu Road, Shanghai 200051, China.
Email: [email protected]

  •  Accepted: 23 July 2009
  •  Published: 19 October 2009

Abstract

 

Neglected diseases boost (Nature, 457: 772, 2009), that will become greater threat to human health especially in tropical regions. In my opinion, it is the inherent result of climate warming. An allometrical scaling is suggested to support my opinion, this can also explain why swine flu does not affect pigs very much, but human beings fatally.

 

Key words: Global climate change, disease, temperature, allometrical scaling, swine flu, HIV, H1N1, virus.