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Climate Change Impact On Dengue Fever - New Study
Researchers from the School of Public Health in the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) are examining the relationship between climate change and the incidence of dengue in the northern Queensland city of Townsville and the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, combined with their rapid socio-environmental changes.
Ms Shahera Banu, a PhD student, said the research team would analyse the impact of climatic variables - rainfall, humidity and temperature - in the two cities over the last decade, plus their different socio-demographics, to shed light on the link between climate change and dengue.
Ms Banu said the research would build on existing knowledge that climate variability could influence the growth of the dengue virus and mosquito numbers, as well as people's behaviour.
"The number of mosquitoes usually increases after rainfall because they breed in containers that hold water," she said.
"Higher temperature shortens the incubation time for the virus and humid weather increases the biting activity of mosquitoes, thus increasing the chance of dengue transmission."
Ms Banu said the QUT research team would measure the variation that rainfall, humidity and temperature could cause in dengue incidence.
"We will also look at how socio-demographic changes such as population growth, housing conditions, education levels, work occupations and mosquito control activity impact on dengue transmission," she said.
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05/10/2012
ITS THE BEST STUDY...
I HAVE TO DEVELOP AN RESEARCH PROPOSAL ON DENGUE AND CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES...WILL ANYONE HELP ME IN THIS REGARD PLEASE????...
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