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Nagpur: Due to climate change, the power of mosquitoes that spread diseases like dengue, chikungunya, winter fever has increased four times. Not only this, the fertility of mosquitoes has also increased. Health Consultant in Chennai Dr. This information has come out from the study done by Jayalakshmi Sridhar. Jayalakshmi Sridhar gave this information during an interaction with Loksatta. Climate change has increased the incidence of heat waves, droughts, and more rainfall in shorter periods. However, at the same time, climate change is also responsible for the increase in mosquitoes that spread various diseases. Dengue and chikungunya epidemics are currently ongoing in the state. There is a complementary environment for this mosquito-borne disease. Climate change has increased the geographic distribution of mosquitoes. Areas where mosquito populations were low or non-existent a few decades ago have seen an increase in mosquito breeding. As a result, the prevalence of mosquito-borne disease viruses has increased not only in India but worldwide, said Dr. Jayalakshmi Sridhar said. Apart from this, the risk of infertility in men and women has increased due to global warming. The rate of diabetes has increased and organs are failing at a young age. Heart, kidney and liver diseases are increasing rapidly due to air pollution and climate change. Especially due to warming, 6.67 million deaths occur every year, said Dr. Jayalakshmi Sridhar said. *Prevalence of dengue has increased* The prevalence of dengue caused by Aedes aegypti mosquito has increased by 28.6 percent while the prevalence of dengue caused by Ae albopictus mosquito has increased by 27.7 percent. Worldwide, 700 million people are exposed to mosquito-borne diseases every year. Ten lakh people die. He also pointed out that dengue affects 30.90 crore people every year.
