Vector-borne diseases

This factsheet highlights how rising temperatures are contributing to the spread of vector-borne diseases such as Lyme disease, malaria, Zika virus, dengue fever. Climate change is contributing to conditions hospitable for vectors which is leading to increase in these diseases. 

The ENBEL research factsheet series provides accessible summaries of research findings from the projects in the ENBEL network on a wide range of climate change and health topics.