The outbreaks of highly infectious tropical diseases like dengue, chikungunya, encephalitis etc., in India, is due to global warming and climate change, which are proving to be advantageous to the mosquitoes, to breed and flourish. Warmer weather and high humidity help vectors like mosquitoes, to breed more effectively. Chikungunya and dengue outbreaks have claimed hundreds of lives across India.
Environmentalists in India believe that irregular weather and rainfall patterns, induced by global warming, are the main reasons behind the recent outbreaks and environmental management is the only solution to control such outbreaks of infectious diseases. Chikungunya, a disease characterized by high fever, joint pains and severe headache has claimed hundreds of lives and infected nearly 1.3 million people, across the country.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a Trackback[…] The findings of this study supports many recent studies, which have found that outbreak of infectious diseases is directly linked to global warming, as many insect vectors are thriving in a warmer world. Dr. Paul Epstein, associate director of the Center for Health and the Global Environment at Harvard Medical School said that insect vectors are more virulent and reproduce and mature faster at warm temperatures. He has documented outbreaks of malaria and dengue in many regions in Africa, Asia and Latin America, which were previously free from the disease, coinciding with melting glaciers and migrating plant species (indicators of climate change). […]
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