vector-borne disease
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disease
noun
uk/dɪˈziːz/us/dɪˈziːz/
(an) illness of people, animals, plants, etc., caused by infection or a failure of health rather than by ...
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Agricultural land use is often closely associated with an increase in the prevalence ofvector-bornedisease.
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It causes borreliosis, a zoonotic,vector-bornediseasetransmitted primarily by ticks and some by lice, depending on the species.
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This graph shows the relationship between population density and the transmission ofvector-bornedisease.
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It is avector-bornedisease, and washing skin can slow or even reverse damage.
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Other systems are projected to become less vulnerable, such as agriculture (with economic growth) and vector-borne diseases (with improved health care).
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With less vector-borne diseases, the impacts of climate change become less sensitive to development.
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The effects on energy consumption, water resources, agriculture, vector-borne diseases, and cardiovascular and respiratory mortality and morbidity are increased and decreased by 50 per cent.
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Emerging and resurging vector-borne diseases.
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The return on development aid falls below one only if vector-borne diseases increases much less with climate change than expected, or if cardiovascular and respiratory diseases increase much more.
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It also led to significant increases in mosquitoes and amphibious snails and in the incidence of malaria, bilharzia and other water-related vector-borne diseases.
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It may gravely impact on respiratory health and increase the incidence of vector-borne diseases.
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We adapted our legislation and included vector-borne diseases in the list of diseases to be addressed as a priority.
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New challenges have arisen, such as avian influenza and the spread of vector-borne diseases like bluetongue, and more are likely to emerge in the years to come.
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The goal of this technique is to control vector-borne diseases.
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Recent themes have been vector-borne diseases (2014), healthy ageing (2012) and drug resistance (2011).
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