Centurion480, 15 days ago to Microbiology Climate change explains much of this year’s jump in dengue cases and the long-term increase in the disease over the past two decades. There are ever fewer places where temperatures drop below 15°C in winter, the level at which mosquitoes tend to die out, so there are more virus-carrying insects in circulation, ready to surge, once temperatures rise in the spring. #virology #parasitology #microbiology #VectorBiology #Brazil #Argentina #Uruguay #PublicHealth #morbidity https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/04/25/dengue-fever-is-surging-in-latin-america
Climate change explains much of this year’s jump in dengue cases and the long-term increase in the disease over the past two decades. There are ever fewer places where temperatures drop below 15°C in winter, the level at which mosquitoes tend to die out, so there are more virus-carrying insects in circulation, ready to surge, once temperatures rise in the spring. #virology #parasitology #microbiology #VectorBiology #Brazil #Argentina #Uruguay #PublicHealth #morbidity https://www.economist.com/the-americas/2024/04/25/dengue-fever-is-surging-in-latin-america