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by 'Aedes aegypti' Nieves López Izquierdo, Associate Consultant
UNEP/GRID-Arendal Climate change affect the health of the
population, not only through heat waves and waterborne diseases,
but also as a result of the expansion of geographical areas
conducive to the transmission of vector-borne diseases such as
yellow fever, dengue and malaria. Species of mosquitoes, such as
the group ‘Anopheles gambiae’, ‘A. funestus’, ‘A. darlingi’,
‘Culex quinquefasciatus’ and ‘Aedes aegypti’, are responsible
for propagation of the majority of vector-borne diseases and are
sensitive to changes in temperatu