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WHO Warns Climate Change Causing Surge In Mosquito-Borne Diseases
Climate change, deforestation, and urbanization are some of the major risk factors behind the increasing number of outbreaks of viruses such as dengue, Zika, and chikungunya around the world, warns a study by the World Health Organization. The study says the incidence of infections caused by these mosquito-borne illnesses, which thrive in tropical and subtropical climates, has grown dramatically in recent decades. The report says cases of dengue have increased from just over half a million globally in 2000 to 5.2 million in 2019. A female Aedes albopictus (Stegomyia albopicta) , also known as the (Asian) tiger mosquito or forest mosquito is in the process of acquiring a blood meal from a human host at Tehatta, West Bengal; India on 13/04/2023. (Photo by Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto)
