Climate change and temperature rise: Implications on food- and water-borne diseases

► Prediction of climate-induced increase in food- and water-borne morbidity in a semi-arid Eastern Mediterranean coastal city. ► Number of disease cases increases with temperature beyond a threshold of 19.2 °C. ► Expected increase in morbidity of 16 to 28% by year 2050. ► Up to 42% increase in morbidity anticipated by the end of the century.