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Dengue fever hits Japan
2014-09-10 14:41:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: Japan had been free of dengue fever since 1945, but that streak is now over. More than 60 Japanese have come down with the disease since the end of August. Dengue is a viral infection transmitted by types of mosquitoes normally found in tropical and subtropical climates. Symptoms include high fever, severe headache, muscle and joint pains, nausea, swollen glands and rash. Most patients recover, but there is the possibility of deadly complications; dengue is a leading cause of death among children...
Is dengue fever coming to Europe?
2014-08-22 03:49:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BioMed: The mosquitoes are swarming. With the raising global temperatures, they are venturing away from their tropical countries of residence and exploring new territories. As the mosquitoes relocate themselves they also bring various diseases with them, including dengue fever. There are regular cases of dengue reported in China, Indonesia, Taiwan and Vietnam, but even these endemic zones are seeing an increase number of infections. For Europeans, dengue might seem distant and only concern themselves with...
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Dengue cases quintupled in one decade in Latin America
2014-05-31 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Press: Cases of dengue have multiplied nearly five times in the last 10 years in Latin America, affecting 2.3 million people in 2013, even though its mortality rate dropped, according to figures released this Thursday by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). According to PAHO, 2013 was one of the worst years for disease in the history of the continent, with more than 2.3 million cases, 37,705 severe cases and 1,289 deaths. In comparison, PAHO explained in a statement that in 2003, 517,617...
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Brazil approves GM mosquito that could cut dengue
2014-05-01 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
SciDevNet: Brazilian authorities have decided that a genetically modified (GM) strain of mosquitoes whose offspring die before reaching adulthood do not pose a significant risk to humans or the environment. The decision will open up the possibility of the company that developed the insects selling them in Brazil as a control strategy for dengue fever. The approval was made last week (10 April) by the National Technical Commission on Biosecurity, the organisation that regulates transgenic organisms in Brazil....
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Climate change, coral reefs, deforestation and dengue Climate Change
2014-04-07 23:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Tico Times: The 21st century will present gloomy challenges for Costa Rica and the rest of Latin America, such as the collapse of wildlife habitats, animal extinction, water scarcity and the spread of disease in an already vulnerable population. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) laid out this forecast on March 31, as one of its region-by-region follow-ups to the September global assessment on climate change. The reports collect over 12,000 peer-reviewed scientific papers...
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