Climate change and mosquito-borne disease.

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• Alternative Title:
  Environ Health Perspect
• Personal Author:
  Reiter, P
• Description:
  Global atmospheric temperatures are presently in a warming phase that began 250--300 years ago. Speculations on the potential impact of continued warming on human health often focus on mosquito-borne diseases. Elementary models suggest that higher global temperatures will enhance their transmission rates and extend their geographic ranges. However, the histories of three such diseases--malaria, yellow fever, and dengue--reveal that climate has rarely been the principal determinant of their prevalence or range; human activities and their impact on local ecology have generally been much more significant. It is therefore inappropriate to use climate-based models to predict future prevalence.
• Subjects:
  Animals Culicidae Dengue Disease Transmission, Infectious Environmental Health Forecasting Greenhouse Effect Humans Insect Vectors Malaria Models, Biological Population Dynamics Public Health Yellow Fever

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• Source:
  Environ Health Perspect. 109(Suppl 1):141-161.
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  109
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c6b3b608fed4199a940490a3c91b50fda02d7805bb1bb01c22650aee1b4529dc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/3908/cdc_3908_DS1.pdf
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