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Global warming and the possible globalization of vector-borne diseases: a call for increased awareness and action
Emmanuel O Balogun1, Andrew J Nok2, Kiyoshi Kita3
1Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-Ku, Tokyo, 113-0033 Japan ; Department of Biochemistry, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, 2222 Nigeria.
Abstract:
Human activities such as burning of fossil fuels play a role in upsetting a previously more balanced and harmonious ecosystem. Climate change-a significant variation in the usual pattern of Earth's average weather conditions is a product of this ecosystem imbalance, and the rise in the Earth's average temperature (global warming) is a prominent evidence. There is a correlation between global warming and the ease of transmission of infectious diseases. Therefore, with global health in focus, we herein opine a stepping-up of research activities regarding global warming and infectious diseases globally.
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