As the globe gets warmer and tropical temperatures spread, tropical diseases are gradually reaching areas that haven't known them before! As per WHO reports, there’s a predicted manifold increase in the number of malaria cases and other insect borne diseases which are typically climate sensitive. Increasing the favourable zones of these vectors and increasing instances of dengue, malaria and many other infectious diseases would be a direct consequence of global warming. Not only this, the increase in respiratory ailments and vascular diseases are on a rise owing to concentration of ozone in the lower atmosphere due to a rise in temperature!
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2007
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