Deadly dozen' diseases seen due to climate change

BARCELONA, Spain – A 'deadly dozen' diseases ranging from avian flu to
yellow fever are likely to spread more because of climate change, the
Wildlife Conservation Society said on Tuesday.
The society, based in the Bronx Zoo in the United States and which
works in 60 nations, urged better monitoring of wildlife health to help
give an early warning of how pathogens might spread with global
warming.
Advertisement It listed the 'deadly dozen' as avian flu, tick-borne
babesia, cholera, ebola, parasites, plague, lyme disease, red tides of
algal blooms, Rift Valley fever, sleeping sickness, tuberculosis and
yellow fever.
'Even minor disturbances can have far reaching consequences on what
diseases (wild animals) might encounter and transmit as climate
changes,' said Steven Sanderson, head of the society.
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