El Nino

Epidemiology

• associated with increases in the incidence of
  • cholera
  • Rift Valley fever
  • hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
  • malaria (or miliaria)
  • skin diseases
    • actinic keratoses
    • tinea
    • pityriasis versicolor
    • folliculitis
    • rosacea
    • dermatitis from Paederus sabeus, P. irritans.
• dengue fever
• leishmaniasis
• Chagas disease
• Barmah Forest virus infection
• leptospirosis
• associated with increases in the incidence of
  • scabies
  • psoriasis
  • papular urticaria

More general terms

• climate change (includes global warming)