Atlantic simmering Increase Risk of Malaria in India

Atlantic simmering Increase Risk of Malaria in India

Paris (AFP / Reuters) â???? Health watchdog which oversees the risk of malaria in India should continue to keep an eye on things that happened thousands of kilometers in Atalantik, according to a study published on Sunday.


Sea surface temperatures in the tropical South Atlantic is a huge determinant for the level of the monsoon rains, which turned out to be a big factor for malaria mosquitoes, he said.


Researchers led by Mercedes Pascual, University of Michigan comparing maps of rainfall and malaria epidemics in the edge of the desert northwest India with global maps of sea surface temperature.


What happened is a clear relationship between abnormal cold temperatures in the tropical South Atlantic in July and increased malaria in the region in the period from September to December.


Research previously stated that the vast waters of the Atlantic has a greater impact on the global climate system than expected.


When the volume of ocean warming or cooling, it would have an impact on the surrounding seas.


Heat transfer that affect ocean circulation and precipitation, affect the relationship between the monsoon from the Indian Ocean and El Nino, the weather pendulum swung in the Pacific.


Currently, the arid and semi-arid Asia subbenua notified a month before the outbreak of malaria.


This is a time lag between rainfall and outstanding, which helps mosquitoes to breed, and increased case.


However, the warning time may be increased to four months, if the temperature of the South Atlantic can be accepted as a factor, according to research published in Nature Climate Change.


It gives authorities more time to stock your medicine and hospitals, as well as encouraging people to empty containers, filled with water, which become breeding grounds for mosquitoes. (Dh / ik)