Climate change + disease

Question 1

Because of climate change what is said about malaria?

Answer 1

• UK will be perfect breeding ground for mosquitos due to wet and hot summers, Malaria is going to be in Europe

Question 2

Because of climate change what is happening with Lyme disease?

Answer 2

Its transmitted by tics, and its expanding northwards as temps rise and ticks will eventually colonise Canada

Question 3

Because of climate change what is happening to Trypanosomiasis?

Answer 3

Future climate distribution will cause it to spread of Southern Africa and affect 77million people by 2090. However the disease may disappear in East Africa as its too hot for larvae to survive

Question 4

How does sea level rise affect disease?

Answer 4

Leads to more floods = water borne diseases

Question 5

What is another way that climate change affects disease?

Answer 5

extreme weather

Question 6

When do probabilitie of zoonotic disease increase?

Answer 6

• free movement of infectious species
• difficult to control the migration of same species
• increase of animal population
• rapid urbanisation as people closer together with animals
  -hygiene

Question 7

What has climate change done?

Answer 7

Raised temps, rainfall and humidity which has increased vector born diseases so increases in malaria and west nile virus