気候とデング熱の関係を解明 (Unraveling the Complex Role of Climate in Dengue Dynamics)

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2025-02-13 韓国基礎科学研究院 (IBS)

韓国の基礎科学研究所(IBS)の研究チームは、デング熱の流行における気候の複雑な役割を解明しました。デング熱は、蚊を媒介とするウイルス感染症で、特に熱帯および亜熱帯地域で深刻な健康問題となっています。研究チームは、気候要因がデング熱の伝播にどのように影響するかを詳細に調査し、気温、降水量、湿度などの気候変動が蚊の生息環境やウイルスの伝播効率に直接的な影響を及ぼすことを明らかにしました。この知見は、デング熱の予防と制御戦略の策定において、気候要因を考慮する重要性を示しています。

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デング熱の動態における気候の二重の役割の解明: 多地域にわたる因果解析研究 Disentangling climate’s dual role in dengue dynamics: A multiregion causal analysis study

Olive R. Cawiding, Saebom Jeon, Donnabel Tubera-Panes, Aurelio A. de los Reyes V, and Jae Kyoung Kim
Science Advances  Published:12 Feb 2025

気候とデング熱の関係を解明 (Unraveling the Complex Role of Climate in Dengue Dynamics)

Abstract

Dengue fever poses major public health challenges, with climate change complicating control efforts. Yet, the full extent of climate change’s impact on dengue remains elusive. To investigate this, we used an advanced causal inference method to 16 diverse climatic regions in the Philippines. This method is capable of detecting nonlinear and joint effects of temperature and rainfall to dengue incidence. We found that temperature consistently increased dengue incidence throughout all the regions, while rainfall effects differed depending on the variation in dry season length, a factor previously overlooked. Specifically, our results showed that regions with low variation in dry season length experience a negative impact of rainfall on dengue incidence likely due to strong flushing effect on mosquito habitats, while regions with high variation in dry season length experience a positive impact, likely due to increased mosquito breeding sites. Our findings emphasize the need for tailored prevention strategies based on local climate conditions, rather than a one-size-fits-all approach.

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