Climate change responsible for one-fifth of world’s current dengue cases, study estimates

NEW DELHI: Climate change could be responsible for nearly one-fifth of the current dengue cases in the global population, with the potential to increase instances of the disease by an additional 40-60 per cent by 2050, according to a new study.

These findings, from researchers at Stanford and Harvard Universities, provide the most definitive evidence to date that climate change is a major factor driving the global surge in mosquito-borne diseases.

The study was presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.

Source: PTI News

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