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- “Over the coming decades, global warming is likely to increase the range and
speed of the life cycle of the particular mosquitoes carrying these viruses,
encouraging their spread deeper into temperate countries like the United States.” - “Already, climate change is suspected — though not proved — to have been a
factor in a string of disease outbreaks afflicting both people and animals. These
include the spread of malaria into the highlands of eastern Africa, the rising
incidence of Lyme disease in North America, and the spread of a serious
livestock ailment called bluetongue into parts of Europe that were once too cold
for it to thrive.” - “The vihjruses [Zika and dengue] are being transmitted largely by the yellow
fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. That creature adapted long ago to live in human
settlements, and developed a concomitant taste for human blood.”
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- “Prescription of antibiotics in primary care in Europe varied greatly; the highest
rate was in France (32:2 defined daily doses [DDD] per 1000 inhabitants daily)
and the lowest was in the Netherlands (10-0 DDD per 1000 inhabitants daily.” - “We noted a shift from the old narrow-spectrum antibiotics to the new broad-
spectrum antibiotics.” - “We showed higher rates of antibiotic resistance in high consuming countries,
probably related to the higher consumption in southern and eastern Europe than
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- “A return to the ‘pre-antibiotic era’ would render many routine infections
untreatable and would seriously affect current practice in surgery, intensive care,
organ transplantation, neonatology and cancer services through major increases