LONDON, Oct 6 — Dengue fever will become a major threat in the southern United States, southern Europe and new parts of Africa this decade, the WHO’s chief scientist said, as...
Patients stay under mosquito nets as they receive treatment at the Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College and Hospital in Dhaka, Bangladesh. — Reuters picLONDON, Oct 6 — Dengue fever will become a major threat in the southern United States, southern Europe and new parts of Africa this decade, the WHO’s chief scientist said, as warmer temperatures create the conditions for the mosquitoes carrying the infection to spread.
“We need to talk much more proactively about dengue,” Jeremy Farrar, an infectious diseases specialist who joined the World Health Organization in May this year, told Reuters. Farrar said the infection is likely to “take off” and become endemic in parts of the United States, Europe and Africa — all regions where there has already been some limited local transmission — as global warming makes new areas hospitable to the mosquitoes that spread it. That will put acute pressure on hospital systems in many countries, he warned.
There is no specific treatment for dengue, although there is a vaccine available. Earlier this week, the WHO recommended Takeda Pharmaceuticals’ Qdenga vaccine for children aged 6 to 16 in areas where the infection is a significant public health problem.
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