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Kenya: Stepping Up the Fight to End Cholera and Chikungunya Outbreaks in Mandera County

2016-06-05 09:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Inter Press Service: Mandera's double whammy, the concurrent outbreaks of cholera and chikungunya, is bringing to the fore the need for accelerated epidemic preparedness and prevention systems. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease that can kill within hours if left untreated. Chikungunya virus is most often spread to people by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes. These are the same mosquitoes that transmit dengue, yellow fever and zika virus. Its symptoms include high fever, joint pain, rash and headache....

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Further ASF Outbreaks Reported in Russian Pigs

2016-06-01 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

RUSSIA - Another outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) has been reported in backyard pigs in Russia.

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ASF Outbreaks Continue in Lithuania

2016-04-22 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

LITHUANIA - More outbreaks of African Swine Fever (ASF) have been reported in Lithuania.

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Warming climate puts Europe at risk for seasonal outbreaks of dengue fever

2016-04-07 05:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

ScienceDaily: Increasing temperatures will enlarge Europe's seasonal window for the potential spread of mosquito-borne viral disease, expanding the geographic areas at risk for a dengue epidemic to include much of Europe. The findings by researchers at Ume University in Sweden are published in the journal EBioMedicine. Researchers at Ume University's Unit for Global Health have calculated the risk for dengue outbreaks in Europe based on a set of different climate change predictions. Climate change-related...

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