Malaria Risk Rises in India as Atlantic Warms up
Bangalore: With the summer heat the trouble of mosquitoes is much expected. An unusual study has warned the health watchdogs to keep a close watch on the South Atlantic Ocean to monitor the risk of malaria in northwestern India, as reported by AFP.
As per the report the temperature of the sea surface in the tropical South Atlantic is a major factor to determine the level of monsoon rain in the northwestern region, which in turn is a major factor to check the influence of malaria mosquitoes.
Mercedes Pascual, the lead researcher at the University of Michigan concluded the results by comparing the maps of monsoon rainfall and malaria epidemics in the desert fringe of northwestern India along with the map of global sea-surface temperatures.
The findings stated that when the sea surface temperature is colder than normal July temperature in the tropical South Atlantic, a regional increase in malaria in the following September-December period can be expected, as found by Mercedes Pascual’s team, who conducted the research.
