Incidence and Prevalence

Question: Describe about Dengue. Answer: Dengue is a devastating mosquito-borne disease that leads to high fever caused by Dengue virus. It has been estimated that around 390 million infections are reported every year. The online article Warmer climate may reduce incidence of dengue that was published in News Medical on 10th of August 2016 reflects about the climatic condition that either reduces or prohibits the incidence of the dengue fever Morin et al., 2013). According to this the prediction of the health researchers reported that the transmission process of the dengue virus is affected by the warmer climate. The report is a counter presentation of the fact that climate change might increase the lethal virus to spread. The various research conducted in the last few years has addressed the significant health problem associated with the disease. Hundreds of millions of individual are infected by this virus every year and out of which there are records of severe mortality in children. According o Dr. Harley an epidemiology researcher at ANU research school, predicted that change in the climate might reduce the incidence of dengue. The findings have been relevant to the Zika virus which is also carried by mosquito. The work done using mathematical model suggests that the transmission of dengue might reduce with greater warming ("Warmer climate may reduce incidence of dengue", 2016). There are areas in Australia and other part of the world which experience high risk of mosquito borne diseases due to the tropical climate. Therefore, the incidence of dengue needs to be addressed properly in order to reduce the infection related to dengue world-wide. References: Morin, C. W., Comrie, A. C., Ernst, K. (2013). Climate and dengue transmission: evidence and implications.Environmental Health Perspectives (Online),121(11-12), 1264. Warmer climate may reduce incidence of dengue. (2016).News-Medical.net. Retrieved 6 September 2016, from https://www.news-medical.net/news/20160810/Warmer-climate-may-reduce-incidence-of-dengue.aspx