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Nicola Balato, MD; Cataldo Patruno, MD; Francesco Paolo D’Errico, MD; Anna Balato, MD

Arch Dermatol. 2008;144(8):1016.

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Global warming or climate tropicalization is the cause of increasing temperature and humidity in the temperate areas of Europe and North America. Climatic factors influence the emergence and reemergence of infectious diseases by shifting the geographic range of the insect vector and lengthening the reproductive cycles of insects. Climatic changes also affect disease transmission by shortening the incubation period of pathogens. It has been reported that a 3°C warming in the United States could increase the range of some mosquito species that can carry the dengue and yellow fever viruses.¹ In the past 2 decades, there has also been an increase in tourists who travel to tropical areas and in immigration to Europe and North America from tropical countries. Human travel and migration are thought to cause the increasing incidence of tropical parasitic diseases in Europe and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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