Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Ecology of Hantavirus in a Changing World Ecology of Hantavirus in a Changing World Ecology of Hantavirus in a Changing World Dearing & Dizney Ecology of Hantavirus in a Changing World

There is evidence that natural climate cycles such as El Niño as well as anthropogenic climate change enhance hantavirus prevalence when host population dynamics are driven by food availability, and human alteration to the landscape also appears to enhance hantavirus prevalence when the disturbance regime enriches the environment for the host.