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Taxonomy Archive: vector-borne disease
20 Apr 2018 |
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Is El Nino to Blame for the “Explosive” Zika Virus Outbreak?
A worker in Brazil disinfects the famous Sambadrome as part of the fight against the mosquito Aedes aegypti, which spreads the Zika, dengue, and chikungunya viruses. Marcelo Sayao/ZUMA The outbreak of Zika virus in Latin America is “spreading explosively,” the director of the World Health Organization warned at an ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Zika Virus and Climate Change: 4 Things To Know
1. Hotter temperatures make mosquitoes hungrier 2. Warm air incubates the virus faster 3. Mosquito territory expands as the climate warms 4. Changing rainfall patterns help mosquitoes breed
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Link Between Zika and Climate Change
Last year, a team of researchers made a surprising discovery: Aedis aegypti mosquitoes—the species that spreads West Nile Virus, dengue, chickungunya and, most recently, Zika—were living year-round in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. In a paper published in the American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Zika virus foreshadows our dystopian climate future
Spread by mosquitoes whose range inexorably expands as the climate warms, Zika causes mild flu-like symptoms. But pregnant women bitten by the wrong mosquito are liable to give birth to babies with shrunken heads. Brazil last year recorded 4,000 cases of this “microcephaly”. As of today, authorities in Brazil, Colombia, Jamaica, ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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U.S. Becomes More Vulnerable to Tropical Diseases Like Zika
Tropical diseases — some of them never before seen in the United States — are marching northward as climate change lets mosquitoes and ticks expand their ranges. But that does not mean that epidemics will break out, scientists say. Whether a few cases explode into a full-fledged outbreak depends on a set of factors far […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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How climate change could worsen the spread of Zika virus and other infectious diseases
The growing presence of Zika virus in Brazil has captured international attention in the past week, as one report after another has come in of its apparent link to birth defects in the babies of infected mothers. The news has sparked travel advisories, new guidelines for the care of pregnant women during an outbreak and […]
20 Apr 2018 |
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How Climate Change Could Spread Diseases Like Zika
Warmer temperatures could expand the area where mosquitoes can thriveFor thousands of years, humans have taken every precaution to avoid mosquitoes and the diseases they carry, from Malaria to Zika. But while techniques for fighting the insects have improved dramatically over time, scientists say long-term climate change could soon ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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U.N. ties Zika virus to climate change
The spread of the Zika virus may be the fault of climate change, says a senior United Nations official. “The spread of Zika, just as with Ebola, has sent a strong signal to the international community that there is a need for increased attention to the linkages between environment and health,” said U.N. Environment ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Why You’re More at Risk for Getting Lyme Disease This Summer
Why You’re More at Risk for Getting Lyme Disease This Summer
20 Apr 2018 |
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Social justice, climate change, and dengue
Climate change should be viewed fundamentally as an issue of global justice. Understanding the complex interplay of climatic and socioeconomic trends is imperative to protect human health and lessen the burden of diseases such as dengue fever. Dengue fever is rapidly expanding globally. Temperature, rainfall, and frequency of natural ...