Global warming is causing extreme heat events resulting in increased morbidity and mortality in locations unaccustomed to this phenomenon. It is well known that episodes of extreme temperature have significant impacts on health and, hence, have the potential to overwhelm health systems. Evidence shows how the increase in global temperature has affected the health of…
West Nile virus is the most geographically widespread arbovirus in the world. Identifying the links between environmental variables and the circulation of the virus is the main challenge when addressing predictive risk mapping. Comment to article: “West Nile virus in Spain: Forecasting the geographical distribution of risky areas with an ecological niche modelling approach” Reference:…
Effects of local factors on adaptation to heat in Spain (1983–2018). There is a biological (physiological) acclimatisation of the population to heat, but there is also a number of other individual factors (adaptation) which make certain populations more vulnerable to heat than others. Factors that influence the vulnerability of a population to heat include…
Integrating information on the role of mosquitoes in the transmission of pathogens to wildlife Mosquitoes play a central role in the transmission of diseases to people, livestock and wildlife. As it happens with malaria, a disease caused by a protozoan parasite (Plasmodium) transmitted to people through the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes, birds and other…