Message #47173

[Jitendra Hydonus]

Climate change is leading to hotter temperatures and rainier seasons — perfect breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

The future may bring more EEE and West Nile infections, said Dr. William Schaffner, a professor of infectious diseases at the Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tennessee.

“With climate change you get abundant mosquitoes,” he said. Moreover, “the increased warmth allows the virus to replicate more quickly in the mosquito which makes it more likely for it to transmit the virus when it bites you.”

The mosquito era: As the world warms, these insects are thriving – and bringing disease.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/29/world/mosquitoes-spread-climate-dengue-malaria-scn/index.html