International travel, trade, climate change, migration and conflict can all facilitate the spread of infectious diseases and their vectors from their ‘usual’ endemic regions to non-endemic regions. Lack of knowledge and inexperience of control measures in non-endemic countries can lead to outbreaks of diseases. Pénélope Duval and her colleagues surveyed the knowledge and practices of community gardeners in urban France to the invasive Asian Tiger mosquito – the vector of the viruses that cause dengue, Zika and other diseases.
Dengue death toll hits 400 - BusinessWorld Online bworldonline.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bworldonline.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.