{"id":7349,"date":"2024-08-14T07:37:53","date_gmt":"2024-08-14T12:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/?p=7349"},"modified":"2024-08-14T07:37:57","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T12:37:57","slug":"dengue-is-spreading-is-warmer-weather-to-blame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/healthsecurity\/transmission\/2024\/08\/14\/dengue-is-spreading-is-warmer-weather-to-blame\/","title":{"rendered":"Dengue Is Spreading: Is Warmer Weather to Blame?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asm.org\/articles\/2024\/august\/dengue-is-spreading-is-warmer-weather-to-blame\">American Society for Microbiology<\/a> &#8220;More Americans are at risk than ever before as mosquitoes and ticks are moving into new areas of the country, increasing cases and geographic ranges of vector-borne diseases.&#8221; said Christopher Braden, M.D., the Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Center for Emerging and Infectious Zoonotic Diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He and others who spoke at ASM\u2019s July 15, 2022, webinar, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/asm.org\/Webinars\/Vector-Borne-Disease-in-a-Changing-Climate\">Vector-Borne Disease in a Changing Climate<\/a>,\u201d emphasized the fact that climate change is having a collective impact on all vector-borne diseases, including\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asm.org\/Podcasts\/TWiV\/Episodes\/One-bite-is-all-it-takes-TWiV-587\">chikungunya<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asm.org\/Articles\/2018\/September\/Where-Did-Zika-Go-And-Will-It-Come-Back\">Zika<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asm.org\/Podcasts\/MTM\/Episodes\/Arbovirus-evolution-with-Greg-Ebel-MTM-129\">West Nile virus<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asm.org\/articles\/2023\/september\/the-history-of-malaria-in-the-united-states\">malaria<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asm.org\/articles\/2021\/may\/history-of-yellow-fever-in-the-u-s\">yellow fever<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asm.org\/Webinars\/Dengue-and-Dengue-Vaccines\">dengue<\/a>\u00a0and many others.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/vector-borne-diseases\/about\/index.html#:~:text=Cases%20of%20VBDs%20have%20increased%20significantly%20since,cases%20of%2017%20VBDs%20to%20CDC%2C%20plus\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Since 2005, the number of vector-borne disease cases in the U.S. has doubled<\/a>, and 10 novel pathogens have been discovered.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=JLKh_WzKwiU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Globalization<\/a>\u00a0and an ongoing geographic expansion promoted by warmer summers is allowing ticks, including those carrying bacteria that cause\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/asm.org\/Podcasts\/microTalk\/Episodes\/Tick-Schtick-Lyme-Disease-with-Tim-Sellati-microTa\">Lyme disease<\/a>, and other vectors that carry pathogens to migrate farther north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asm.org\/articles\/2024\/august\/dengue-is-spreading-is-warmer-weather-to-blame\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American Society for Microbiology &#8220;More Americans are at risk than ever before as mosquitoes and ticks are moving into new areas of the country, increasing cases and geographic ranges of vector-borne diseases.&#8221; said Christopher Braden, M.D., the Acting Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Center for Emerging and Infectious Zoonotic Diseases. 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