Increasing Global Incidences of Malaria in Relation to Rainfall Changes due to Climate Change: A Systemic Review
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Dr. Olukemi Akintewe
Description
Malaria is a disease that has been a global problem for decades. It is contracted primarily through the bites of infected mosquitos and notably causes high fevers, disorientation, and overall bodily pain in humans. As malaria transmission is catalyzed by mosquitoes, a vector that is greatly impacted by changes in climate conditions, the changes occurring in precipitation and rainfall due to global warming must be analyzed to unveil how global warming has the potential to manipulate and influence global malaria transmission rates. This systemic review intends to provide an understanding of how variations in rainfall and overall precipitation on a global scale have the potential to influence malaria transmission and contraction rates. To understand how malaria is impacted by rainfall changes due to global warming, approximately 2,000 articles discussing the increasing incidences of diseases in relation to climate change were pulled; ~60 of these original articles were chosen, which discuss malaria and its transmission related to climate change. The result figure interprets the data as a pie chart that shows the distribution of Plasmodium vivax malaria globally to determine the different incidences across various countries. The second results are shown via line graphs that relate mean annual rainfall (mm/year) to the distribution of Plasmodium vivax malaria which emphasizes how rainfall affects malaria across a year span. The results and findings visualized in the graphs highlight the fact that an increase in rainfall caused by climate change events has the ability to dramatically increase the distribution of Plasmodium vivax malaria.
Increasing Global Incidences of Malaria in Relation to Rainfall Changes due to Climate Change: A Systemic Review
Malaria is a disease that has been a global problem for decades. It is contracted primarily through the bites of infected mosquitos and notably causes high fevers, disorientation, and overall bodily pain in humans. As malaria transmission is catalyzed by mosquitoes, a vector that is greatly impacted by changes in climate conditions, the changes occurring in precipitation and rainfall due to global warming must be analyzed to unveil how global warming has the potential to manipulate and influence global malaria transmission rates. This systemic review intends to provide an understanding of how variations in rainfall and overall precipitation on a global scale have the potential to influence malaria transmission and contraction rates. To understand how malaria is impacted by rainfall changes due to global warming, approximately 2,000 articles discussing the increasing incidences of diseases in relation to climate change were pulled; ~60 of these original articles were chosen, which discuss malaria and its transmission related to climate change. The result figure interprets the data as a pie chart that shows the distribution of Plasmodium vivax malaria globally to determine the different incidences across various countries. The second results are shown via line graphs that relate mean annual rainfall (mm/year) to the distribution of Plasmodium vivax malaria which emphasizes how rainfall affects malaria across a year span. The results and findings visualized in the graphs highlight the fact that an increase in rainfall caused by climate change events has the ability to dramatically increase the distribution of Plasmodium vivax malaria.
