title: Climate change and skin disease: a review of the English-language literature.
abstract: Climate change describes variation in regional or global climates over time. The question of how climate change affects skin disease remains largely unanswered. We reviewed the English-language literature describing the influence of climate change on skin. Relatively few publications detail aspects of how climate change affects skin. Direct effects include the effects of extreme weather events, and indirect effects include the effects of longer-term changes in patterns of infections and infestations worldwide. The effect of climate change on skin is unclear, and more studies on this topic are needed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Dermatology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
authors.forename: Louise K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Andersen
authors.forename: Jana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hercogová
authors.forename: Uwe
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Wollina
authors.forename: Mark D P
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Davis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D057231:Climate Change; D003876:Dermatitis, Atopic / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004199:Disease Vectors; D006801:Humans; D012874:Skin Diseases, Infectious / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*