Global warming contributes to the spread of diseases transmitted from animals

Climate change is accelerating the spread of diseases that can be transmitted from wild animals to humans, according to the representatives of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). Scientists lift the 12 communicable diseases from animals to humans, which can spread by global warming. Experts offer to use the knowledge of Western medicine and the local population in order to prevent diseases. Dr. William Karesh - director of global programs WCS said that already observed movement of Lyme disease from the U.S. to Canada, as well as the Nile fever. These areas will increasingly see more warm nights, the mosquitoes that transmit various diseases, live longer. An international team of scientists involved in global warming, said that the increase in temperature, the life of the animal, the carrier of diseases to humans changed. Climate change may also affect the spread of bird flu. For this reason it is necessary, measures to adjust and prevent people to take on climate change, according to specialists.