CLIMATIC CHANGES INCREASE GLOBAL DISASTERS OF DENGUE HEMORRHAGIC VIRUS FEVER: IS EGYPT AGAIN AT DENGUE RISK?

Document Type : Original Article

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1 Department of Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo 11566

2 Department of Tropical Medicine, Military Medical Academy, Cairo, 11291

3 Department of RCT, Faculty of Applied Health Science Technology, Misr University for Science and Technology, Giza

4 Department of Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, 11566, Egypt

Abstract

Spreading of dengue fever after globalization presents an emerging worldwide threating especially
in tropical and subtropical regions. Co-infections of Dengue virus (DENV), Zika, virus
(ZIKV) and Chikkungunya virus (CHIKV) are Aedes mosquito-borne diseases reported in some
countries. Climate change is likely to increase global outbreaks incidence of Aedes-borne arboviruses
has been more frequent and more intense in the recent years. Unfortunately, current evidence
suggests that climatic changes can be partially driving recent mosquito-borne diseases outbreaks
worldwide. Besides, the global climatic change already made the conditions more suitable
for risk spreading of certain zoonotic vector-borne diseases to non-endemic countries. The areas
with risk of dengue are changing.

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Journal of the Egyptian Society of Parasitology
Volume 54, Issue 1
April 2024
Pages 143-156

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