A climate-based model to predict Dengue fever outbreaks

Dengue Fever (DF) and Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever (DHF) are found to be the highest recorded vector-borne viral diseases in the world, affecting approximately 2.5 billion people every year. Often, these diseases prove to be fatal.

Dengue Fever is prevalent in the tropical and subtropical regions of the globe. These areas experience a good amount of rainfall. Also called ‘breakbone fever,’ dengue as a vector-borne disease is marked by the transmission from an infected individual to another by a biological agent. The most common form of transmission to humans is by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, or more rarely the Aedes albopictus mosquito. Other animals serve as intermediary hosts, in some occasions.

A climate-based model is to be developed to scientifically predict dengue fever outbreaks in the world since the disease is closely related to biological agents that are unique to geographical areas that are delineated by climate behavior. ‘An early warning system to prevent and mitigate the spread of the disease can potentially be developed using this model,’ says Douglas O. Fuller, associate professor and chair of the Department of Geography and Regional Studies in the UM College of Arts and Sciences.

The study helps towards understanding the close relationship between climate and infectious disease. It is based on the premise that global warming worsens the occurrences of diseases such as dengue fever. A climate-based tool for prediction can help health authorities prepare the necessary resources to address, mitigate, maybe even thwart dengue fever outbreaks.

 

Source: Science Codex

 

As above climate based predicted mdoels showing Pakistan and India both countires are now epidemic, but on fortunately in Pakistan, the government sectors and health sectors still unable to getting this hilarious outbreaks in Pakistan, if some health sectors already aware but they are also fail to make any awareness sessions on media for peoples of Pakistan to prevent this virus.

There are so many NGOs and other public figures who claiming that they are working and living for poor peoples of Pakistan, but on media we’ve seen there is no any NGOs or public figure so-called presence on that spots, such as Lahore, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Gojranwala, Faislabad and etc. And now we are getting news from Pakistani Channels and papers that after heavy rain in Karachi, as well as interior sindh, but specially in Karachi which are heavy populated area in Pakistan could be affected with viral disease.

Some of my articles published on dotcrush.com you can find out more about dengue fever, causes, preventation, symptoms and treatments….

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