Giuseppe
Emeritus
[From EpiCentro Web Site. Google Automated Translation. IOH]
Chikungunya - Europe faces an increasingly high risk of epidemics transmitted by carriers
Climate change and environmental might increase the risk of diseases transmitted by carriers in Europe.
It is the main conclusion of a first assessment of the European Center for Disease Control (Ecdc) on el'espansione of diseases spread by mosquitoes, sand flies, ticks and rodents. Diseases such as dengue (http://www.epicentro.iss.it/problemi/Febbre 20Dengue/dengue.asp ), West Nile fever, chikungunya fever, the epidemic nephropathy el'encefalite bite by brand (Tbe ) (http://www.epicentro.iss.it/problemi/zecche/zecche.asp ) have the potential to cause epidemics in some parts of Europe.
A concrete example of this risk is dall'epidemia of chikungunya exploded in 2007 in Italy, in the area of Ravenna.
According to the director dell'Ecdc Zsuzsanna Jakab, "in the future we will most likely to spread diseases in places where they have never been present.
The cause is not only linked to climate change. Even globalisation, increased travel and trade are rapidly increasing the rate at which disease can spread into new geographic areas.
You need to understand better how these changes are altering the risk of disease, to better monitoring and controls and enhance responsiveness in the countries of the EU.
An example of how globalization can promote the expansion of these diseases is spread on an international scale of the mosquito Aedes albopictus (better known as mosquito tigre) (http://www.epicentro.iss.it/problemi/zanzara/zanzara.asp), responsible for chikungunya fever. In recent decades, this species of mosquito has spread in most of Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as in some areas of Europe, including most of Italy.
In the summer of 2007, a traveler coming from India has forwarded the chikungunya tigre to mosquitoes in the area of Ravenna, triggering an epidemic that has affected about 250 people (http://www.epicentro.iss.it/problemi/Chikungunya/notiziario.asp).
The key factors that cause an increased risk
Carriers of disease are extremely sensitive to climate and environmental changes, particularly changes in temperature and humidity.
Autorevoli climate scenarios for the future predict that many parts of Europe will become warmer and wetter and this will have an impact on disease vectors like mosquitoes that transmit West Nile fever, chikungunya and even dengue fever and the Rift Valley.
Globalisation and increasing international travel are also contributing to the spread of disease vectors and broadcasting. It is documented that the mosquitoes tigre was introduced in Europe by the tyres used, which are an excellent breeding site for mosquitoes.
Nell'incrementare the risk of these diseases are also important human factors.
For example, more time people spend in forest areas, were more likely to be exposed to diseases transmitted by ticks, as the Tbe, or rodents, such as nephropathy epidemic.
Read:
* the original release (in English) dell'Ecdc (http://www.world-television.se/world_television.se/mnr_stat/mnr/ECDC/431/index.php )
* the brochure (in Italian) dell'Ecdc, with the useful to defend themselves from the puncture of mosquito tigre (http://www.epicentro.iss.it/problemi/Chikungunya/opuscoloEcdc08.asp )
* the joint WHO-Ecdc risk chikungunya in Italy (1.45 MB pdf) (http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/pdf/071030CHK_mission_ITA.pdf ).
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http://www.epicentro.iss.it/problemi/Chikungunya/cominicato_ecdc08.asp
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Chikungunya - Europe faces an increasingly high risk of epidemics transmitted by carriers
Climate change and environmental might increase the risk of diseases transmitted by carriers in Europe.
It is the main conclusion of a first assessment of the European Center for Disease Control (Ecdc) on el'espansione of diseases spread by mosquitoes, sand flies, ticks and rodents. Diseases such as dengue (http://www.epicentro.iss.it/problemi/Febbre 20Dengue/dengue.asp ), West Nile fever, chikungunya fever, the epidemic nephropathy el'encefalite bite by brand (Tbe ) (http://www.epicentro.iss.it/problemi/zecche/zecche.asp ) have the potential to cause epidemics in some parts of Europe.
A concrete example of this risk is dall'epidemia of chikungunya exploded in 2007 in Italy, in the area of Ravenna.
According to the director dell'Ecdc Zsuzsanna Jakab, "in the future we will most likely to spread diseases in places where they have never been present.
The cause is not only linked to climate change. Even globalisation, increased travel and trade are rapidly increasing the rate at which disease can spread into new geographic areas.
You need to understand better how these changes are altering the risk of disease, to better monitoring and controls and enhance responsiveness in the countries of the EU.
An example of how globalization can promote the expansion of these diseases is spread on an international scale of the mosquito Aedes albopictus (better known as mosquito tigre) (http://www.epicentro.iss.it/problemi/zanzara/zanzara.asp), responsible for chikungunya fever. In recent decades, this species of mosquito has spread in most of Asia, Africa and the Americas, as well as in some areas of Europe, including most of Italy.
In the summer of 2007, a traveler coming from India has forwarded the chikungunya tigre to mosquitoes in the area of Ravenna, triggering an epidemic that has affected about 250 people (http://www.epicentro.iss.it/problemi/Chikungunya/notiziario.asp).
The key factors that cause an increased risk
Carriers of disease are extremely sensitive to climate and environmental changes, particularly changes in temperature and humidity.
Autorevoli climate scenarios for the future predict that many parts of Europe will become warmer and wetter and this will have an impact on disease vectors like mosquitoes that transmit West Nile fever, chikungunya and even dengue fever and the Rift Valley.
Globalisation and increasing international travel are also contributing to the spread of disease vectors and broadcasting. It is documented that the mosquitoes tigre was introduced in Europe by the tyres used, which are an excellent breeding site for mosquitoes.
Nell'incrementare the risk of these diseases are also important human factors.
For example, more time people spend in forest areas, were more likely to be exposed to diseases transmitted by ticks, as the Tbe, or rodents, such as nephropathy epidemic.
Read:
* the original release (in English) dell'Ecdc (http://www.world-television.se/world_television.se/mnr_stat/mnr/ECDC/431/index.php )
* the brochure (in Italian) dell'Ecdc, with the useful to defend themselves from the puncture of mosquito tigre (http://www.epicentro.iss.it/problemi/Chikungunya/opuscoloEcdc08.asp )
* the joint WHO-Ecdc risk chikungunya in Italy (1.45 MB pdf) (http://www.ecdc.europa.eu/pdf/071030CHK_mission_ITA.pdf ).
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http://www.epicentro.iss.it/problemi/Chikungunya/cominicato_ecdc08.asp
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