Dengue Fever Hits Spain Malaria Stalks Greece Welcome to a Warmer World
B. McPherson Increased risk of disease in animals as well as people is expected in a warmer world. Dengue fever has hit Spain with a whallop. Nearly a thousand people have contracted the mosquito borne disease. Dengue is also known as breakbone fever because of the pain it causes and can develop into a hemorrhagic fever as well. Currently the Portuguese island archipelago of Madiera is reporting more than a thousand cases. Malaria is an old scourge that is making a comeback in many countries and new inroads in others. In the US, Texas, Florida and Hawaii have all reported cases, some from returned travellers to tropical countries, but not all. The SE of the US is a potential site for the re-establishment of this disease. Portugal, France, Croatia and Greece have all reported outbreaks in recent years. More than a million people die around the world each year from it. Chikungunya Fever is another, formerly tropical disease that has made its way to Europe and the Am...