Climate Change and Aedes Vectors: 21st Century Projections for Dengue Transmission in Europe
Warming temperatures may increase the geographic spread of vector-borne diseases into temperate areas. Although a tropical mosquito-borne viral disease, a dengue outbreak occurred in Madeira, Portugal, in 2012; the first in Europe since 1920s. This outbreak emphasizes the potential for dengue re-eme...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2016-05-01
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Series: | EBioMedicine |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352396416301335 |