Sumera Abid.
Impact of Climate Change on Climate Sensitive Vector Born Diseases.
Pak J Med Res Jan ;61(3):95-6.

As per the sixth assessment report of inter-governmental panel on climate change (IPCC) published in 2022, four out of 10 people lives in those parts of the world that are highly susceptible to Climate change. Vector Born Diseases are spread by vectors. Vectors are living organisms like mosquitoes, flies and ticks that transmit infectious microorganism from an infected animal to another animal or human. According to the WHO there are 15 major vector-borne diseases of global concern and eight amongst them are considered as neglected tropical diseases these include Dengue, Chikungunya, Leishmaniasis, Lymphatic Filariasis, Schistosomiasis, Onchocerciasis, Chagas disease, African trypanosomiasis. Further in Malaria, Dengue and Chickengunya human are the primary hosts.

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