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Taxonomy Archive: vector-borne disease
20 Apr 2018 |
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Chikungunya, climate change, and human rights
Chikungunya is a re-emerging arbovirus that causes significant morbidity and some mortality. Global climate change leading to warmer temperatures and changes in rainfall patterns allow mosquito vectors to thrive at altitudes and at locations where they previously have not, ultimately leading to a spread of mosquito-borne diseases. ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate and dengue transmission: evidence and implications
BACKGROUND: Climate influences dengue ecology by affecting vector dynamics, agent development, and mosquito/human interactions. Although these relationships are known, the impact climate change will have on transmission is unclear. Climate-driven statistical and process-based models are being used to refine our knowledge of these ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Spread of Insect-borne and Water-borne Disease
How climate change contributes to the spread of vector-borne diseases.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Fever Pitch: Mosquito-Borne Dengue Fever Threat Spreading in the Americas
New NRDC analysis finds that two types of mosquitoes capable of transmitting dengue fever can now be found across at least 28 states. As temperatures rise, the potential for transmission of this dangerous disease may increase in vulnerable parts of the United States as warmer temperatures and changing rainfall conditions expand both ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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The Perfect Storm: Climate Change and Zika Virus Disease
If you were writing a popular novel designed to terrify, you could hardly come up with a better plot device than introducing Zika virus disease. A perfect storm of a vector-borne disease, its kaleidoscopic facets are staggering in number and touch on a multitude of aspects—lack of sanitation and rampant urbanization, reproductive ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Statement of Policy: Strengthening and Expanding Local Health Department Surveillance and Research Capacity to Examine the Effects of Climate Change on Existing and Emerging Vectors and Vector-Borne Diseases
The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) urges the federal government to provide sufficient funds to maintain, strengthen, and expand the surveillance and research capacities necessary to track vector-borne diseases affected by climate change.
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change is extending mosquito season in the D.C. region — bad news for Zika
As if climate change wasn’t already bad enough, we now have one more reason to change course. Summer heat is hanging around longer, the days are becoming more humid, and mosquito season is lengthening, which means an increased risk of vector-borne diseases like Zika.Baltimore tops the list of growing mosquito seasons, according to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Climate change extends Lyme tick’s life span
While I advocate mandating extensive health coverage for those afflicted with Lyme disease, I also want to acknowledge one of the main reasons Lyme disease has become such a threatening issue on Cape Cod (“Time ticking on legislating treatment,” July 19, Page 1). The reason is climate change.Temperatures are rising, giving way to ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Preventing the Spread of Zika Requires Addressing Poverty
As the Centers for Disease Control, the White House administration and other federal and state agencies grapple with how best to deal with Zika, it’s critical that we all take special note of communities that are likely to face even greater threats than the general population from these diseases. Individuals living near or below ...
20 Apr 2018 |
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Zika Goes Viral in the U.S.
A new analysis by Climate Central highlights that the number of days hot and humid enough for mosquitoes to be active and biting has increased in many big US cities—and climate change will further increase those numbers, in most locations. In their analysis, the ten cities with the biggest increase in the length of the […]