Alfa Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Athens, Greece.
Enferm Infecc Microbiol Clin. 2010 Dec;28(10):716-8. doi: 10.1016/j.eimc.2009.11.013. Epub 2010 May 13.
About 2500 years ago, Hippocrates made noteworthy observations about the influence of climate on public health. He believed that people living in cities with different climate may suffer from different diseases. Hippocrates also observed that abrupt climatic changes or unusual weather conditions affect public health, especially the incidence and severity of various infectious diseases, including gastrointestinal infections, tuberculosis, and central nervous system infections. We believe that Hippocrates' scientific observations are great early historic examples that stress to modern infectious diseases researchers and clinicians the need to study intensively the effect of the occurring global climate changes to infectious diseases in order to help in the prevention of possible epidemics of infections.
大约 2500 年前，希波克拉底对气候对公共卫生的影响做出了值得注意的观察。他认为，生活在不同气候城市的人可能会患上不同的疾病。希波克拉底还观察到，气候的突然变化或异常天气条件会影响公共卫生，特别是各种传染病的发病率和严重程度，包括胃肠道感染、肺结核和中枢神经系统感染。我们认为，希波克拉底的科学观察是一个伟大的早期历史范例，它向现代传染病研究人员和临床医生强调，需要深入研究正在发生的全球气候变化对传染病的影响，以帮助预防可能的传染病流行。
