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The team at World Mosquito Program breeds the Wolbachia-carrying mosquitoes and releases them to areas affected by mosquito-borne diseases. : World Mosquito Program

Mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest creature, and they’re on the move.

World Zoonoses Day

New tools needed to control the spread of mosquito-borne disease

Mosquitoes are the world’s deadliest creature, and they’re on the move.

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Diseases that spread between animals aand humans are being aided by climate change : Michael Joiner, 360info CC BY 4.0

For World Zoonoses Day on July 6 we cover the growing links between climate change and animal diseases which spread to humans.

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World Zoonoses Day

Special Report: Changing climate, changing diseases

For World Zoonoses Day on July 6 we cover the growing links between climate change and animal diseases which spread to humans.

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Mosquito fogging is one of the methods used to kill or reduce any adult dengue mosquitoes that may be carrying the dengue virus. : jcomp

Hotter temperatures and heavy rainfall arriving with climate change are the perfect breeding ground for Dengue-spreading Aedes mosquitoes.

World Zoonoses Day

Rain or shine, deadly mosquitoes are on the move

Hotter temperatures and heavy rainfall arriving with climate change are the perfect breeding ground for Dengue-spreading Aedes mosquitoes.

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Ticks are now increasingly overlapping with humans. : John Tann, Flickr CC BY 2.0

Blood-feeding arthropods, like mosquitoes, insects and ticks are increasingly sharing their environments with humans due to the climate, with chronic results.

World Zoonoses Day

Dangerous ticks are increasingly coming in contact with people

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Leishmaniasis are infections caused by sandflies. : Tasha Wibawa, 360info CC BY 3.0

As the world warms, diseases transmitted by insects may spread, but prevention strategies can break the link.

World Zoonoses Day

Climate change doesn’t have to mean more insect-borne disease

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Rodents are well known as dangerous reservoirs of zoonotic pathogens. : H. Zell, Wikimedia Commons CC BY SA.30

Rodents are well known reservoirs of disease, and our lives will increasingly intersect as our shared environment warms.

World Zoonoses Day

Could climate change lead to the next black plague?

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