Modelled climate change impact on mosquito-borne virus transmission
Sunday, March 31, 2019 - 21:30
in Earth & Climate
Mosquito-borne viruses, such as dengue, chikungunya, and Zika, already threaten over a billion people globally. A study predicts that climate change and rising global temperatures will lead to both increased and new exposures to humans of diseases carried by mosquito vectors Aedes aegypti and Ae. albopictus.