Warming dengue fever may cross the Tropic of Cancer
worldwidegreenhouse effectAs the epidemic continues to expand, experts are worried that the dengue fever epidemic may increase in the future. If it evolves into a cross-border, cross-regional and multi-year spread, it will be out of control. The world should respond as soon as possible and take epidemic prevention measures.
The first Taiwan-UK Young Scientists International Exchange Program will hold a three-day academic symposium in Taipei starting from the 18th, with the topic of discussion focusing on "infectious and immune diseases" that are of common concern to the world. Due to the average dengue fever epidemic occurring once every ten years in Taiwan and the global greenhouse effect, the UKLondonempireUniversityDr. Anderson, director of epidemiology, warned: "The dengue fever epidemic may move northward, which will be a major disaster for mankind."
Dr. Anderson, who will take over as President of Imperial College in August this year, visited Taiwan during SARS to help control the epidemic. He pointed out,EgyptThe habitat environment of Aedes mosquitoes is relatively warm. They usually grow between the equator and the Tropic of Cancer, and rarely move beyond the Tropic of Cancer. However, as global temperatures rise under the greenhouse effect, Aedes aegypti mosquitoes may cross the Tropic of Cancer, causing the dengue fever epidemic to spread northward.
Xie Shiliang, a professor at the Institute of Microbiology and Immunology at National Yang-Ming University, said that because Taiwan straddles the Tropic of Cancer, summerhigh temperatureVector mosquitoes are prone to disease; after the temperature drops in autumn and winter, the activity of vector mosquitoes decreases and the epidemic will subside.
The problem is that in recent years the globalwarming, if the temperature continues to rise, vector mosquitoes will circulate all year round, spreading across regions and regions every year, and the epidemic will be out of control.
Dr. Anderson emphasized that countries must establish real-time imaging surveillance systems to comprehensively control dengue fever,bird fluWaiting for a worldwide epidemic. Xie Shiliang reminded the public to implement environmental sanitation and reduce the spread of disease-carrying mosquitoes. The medical community has also recently been developing methods to treat hemorrhagic dengue fever to comprehensively prevent the spread of dengue fever.
Update date:2008/03/19 04:33
Reported by Zhang Cuifen in Taipei
