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Outbreaks caused by Aedes aegyptis due to El Niño in a coastal area of Peru

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dc.contributor.author Ruiz, Eloy F.
dc.contributor.author Vasquez-Galindo, Claudia M.
dc.contributor.author Aquije-Pariona, Ximena M.
dc.contributor.author Torres-Roman, J. Smith
dc.date.accessioned 2018-12-03T17:04:41Z
dc.date.available 2018-12-03T17:04:41Z
dc.date.issued 2018
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/4313
dc.description.abstract Peru was considered by the Tyndall Centre as the third country most at risk (after Bangladesh and Honduras) of suffering the consequences of climate change. Since the beginning of 2017, the reappearance of the coastal “El Niño” is affecting the health and economy of the Peruvian population due to inundations, landslides, droughts, and high temperatures. The departments of the coastal zones bordering the Pacific Ocean have been the most affected due to rising river beds, with concomitant floods and mudslides, as well as causing epidemic outbreaks, deaths, and economic losses. These negative impacts have multiplied due to the few preventive measures of the coastal regions against an outbreak of this magnitude... en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Peru en_US
dc.subject Humans en_US
dc.subject Animals en_US
dc.subject Aedes en_US
dc.subject Dengue en_US
dc.subject Disease Outbreaks en_US
dc.subject Insect Vectors en_US
dc.subject Climate Change en_US
dc.subject Disease outbreaks en_US
dc.subject El Nino-Southern Oscillation en_US
dc.subject Peru (Source: MeSH NLM) en_US
dc.subject Zika virus en_US
dc.subject Zika Virus Infection en_US
dc.title Outbreaks caused by Aedes aegyptis due to El Niño in a coastal area of Peru en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tmaid.2017.11.003
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.08
dc.relation.issn 1873-0442


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