Volume : 2, Issue : 1, JAN 2016

Global Warming - Increased risk of Vector Borne Diseases

Dr.D.NALINI

Abstract

The world’s average temperature is ever rising, which poses significant threats to the survival of the eco-system. The earth’s climate has changed before in history, but never this fast, never with this many negative consequences, and never before directly caused by people. Higher temperatures accelerate the maturation of disease-causing agents and the organisms that transmit them, especially mosquitoes and rodents. Higher temperatures can also lengthen the season during which mosquitoes are active. Clearly, global warming will cause changes in the epidemiology of infectious diseases. The ability of mankind to react or adapt is dependent upon the magnitude and speed of the change.

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