{"id":223,"date":"2022-09-02T15:09:30","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T15:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/?page_id=223"},"modified":"2022-11-01T12:58:51","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T12:58:51","slug":"3-5-vector-borne-diseases","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theclimatebook.org\/en-us\/endnotes\/how-it-affects-us\/3-5-vector-borne-diseases\/","title":{"rendered":"3.5 Vector-borne Diseases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Felipe J. Col\u00f3n-Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a><\/p>\n

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    \nabout 17 per cent of all lost life, illness and disability<\/q> World Health Organization, Global Vector Control Response 2017\u20132030<\/span><\/cite>, 2 October 2017, https:\/\/www.who.int\/publications\/i\/item\/9789241512978<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nAs temperatures rise \u2026 vector-borne diseases are gradually spreading<\/q> Watts, N., et al., \u2018The 2019 report of the Lancet countdown on health and climate change: ensuring that the health of a child born today is not defined by a changing climate\u2019<\/cite>, Lancet<\/span>, 394 (10211), 2019: 1836\u201378, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S0140-6736(19)32596-6<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nmalaria is shifting towards higher altitudes<\/q> Ibid.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nif it becomes too hot or too cold<\/q> Col\u00f3n-Gonz\u00e1lez, F. J., et al., \u2018Projecting the risk of mosquito-borne diseases in a warmer and more populated world: a multi-model, multi-scenario intercomparison modelling study\u2019<\/cite>, Lancet Planet Health<\/span>, 5 (7), 2021: e404\u2013e414, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S2542-5196(21)00132-7<\/a>; Mordecai, E. A., et al., \u2018Thermal biology of mosquito\u2010borne disease\u2019<\/cite>, Ecology Letters<\/span>, 22 (10), 2019: 1690\u20131708, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/ele.13335<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nIncreased rainfall \u2026 insects can breed<\/q> Lowe, R., et al., \u2018Combined effects of hydrometeorological hazards and urbanisation on dengue risk in Brazil: a spatiotemporal modelling study\u2019<\/cite>, Lancet Planetary Health<\/span>, 5 (4), 2021: e209\u2013e219, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S2542-5196(20)30292-8<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nclimate change might substantially increase the \u2026 transmission season<\/q> Col\u00f3n-Gonz\u00e1lez et al., \u2018Projecting the risk of mosquito-borne diseases\u2019<\/cite>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \nmight increase by up to 1.6 additional months<\/q> Ibid.\n<\/p>\n

    \nreplaced by a more heat-adapted species of mosquito<\/q> Watts et al., \u2018The 2019 report of the Lancet countdown\u2019<\/cite>; Col\u00f3n-Gonz\u00e1lez et al., \u2018Projecting the risk of mosquito-borne diseases\u2019<\/cite>; Mordecai, E. A., et al., \u2018Climate change could shift disease burden from malaria to arboviruses in Africa\u2019<\/cite>, Lancet Planetary Health<\/span>, 4 (9), 2020: e416\u2013e423, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/S2542-5196(20)30178-9<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n

    \ntransmitted by mosquitoes that prefer warmer weather<\/q> Mordecai et al., \u2018Climate change could shift disease burden\u2019<\/cite>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nMalaria and dengue may spread into temperate areas<\/q> Col\u00f3n-Gonz\u00e1lez et al., \u2018Projecting the risk of mosquito-borne diseases\u2019<\/cite>; Caminade, C., et al., \u2018Impact of climate change on global malaria distribution\u2019<\/cite>, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/span>, 111 (9), 2014: 3286\u201391, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1302089111<\/a>; Liu-Helmersson, J., et al., \u2018Climate change may enable Aedes aegypti infestation in major European cities by 2100\u2019<\/cite>, Environmental Research<\/span>, 172, 2019: 693\u20139, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.envres.2019.02.026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

    \nEpidemiological surveillance, monitoring and early-warning systems<\/q> Col\u00f3n-Gonz\u00e1lez, F. J., et al., \u2018Probabilistic seasonal dengue forecasting in Vietnam: a modelling study using superensembles\u2019<\/cite>, PLOS Medicine<\/span>, 18, 2021: Article e1003542, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pmed.1003542<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n

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    \n3.6 billion more \u2026 at risk of malaria and dengue<\/q> Col\u00f3n-Gonz\u00e1lez et al., \u2018Projecting the risk of mosquito-borne diseases\u2019<\/cite>.\n<\/p>\n

    \nThe stakes are high for us to limit global warming<\/q> Col\u00f3n-Gonz\u00e1lez, F. J., et al., \u2018Limiting global-mean temperature increase to 1.5\u20132\u00b0C could reduce the incidence and spatial spread of dengue fever in Latin America\u2019<\/cite>, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences<\/span>, 115 (24), 2018: 6243\u20138, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1073\/pnas.1718945115<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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