KEY FACTS
Global surface warming and potentia
Anticipated global warming can be expected to have direct effects on the distribution of insects and ticks that transmit infectious diseases. They will increasingly find ideal living conditions in previously temperate zones: for example in Europe (particularly in Mediterranean regions) and in North America. Even tropical and subtropical latitudes are faced with growing risks as further warming induces disease-transmitting insects CLIMATE INFLUENCED DISEASES to move into higher altitude areas (e.g. in Kenya). The map shows a
EUROPE
Chikungunya (mosquitoes) Dengue (mosquitoes) Leishmaniasis (sand flies) Lyme disease (ticks) Malaria (mosquitoes) Yellow fever (mosquitoes)
CLIMATE INFLUENCED DISEASES NORTH AMERICA
(amongst others)
Dengue (mosquitoes) Lyme disease (ticks) Malaria (mosquitoes) West Nile fever (mosquitoes) (amongst others)
CLIMATE INFLUENCED DISEASES CENTRAL / S O U T H AMERICA Chagas (Triatomine bugs) Dengue (mosquitoes) Leishmaniasis (sand flies) Malaria (mosquitoes) (amongst others)
CLIMATE INFLUENCED A F R I CA
Dengue (mosquit Malaria (mosquit Rift valley fever (mos Sleeping sickness (tse Yellow fever (mosq
(amongst others
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PUBLIC HEALTH JOURNAL 20/2009
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