New York Magazine reported on the issue in its February 2015 edition, noting that widespread vaccine avoidance can
trigger outbreaks of diseases that were once thought to be under control, such as distemper.
Not exact matches
Other viral
diseases spread by the same mosquitoes — including dengue and chikungunya — that have caused massive epidemics south
of the U.S. border have
triggered only small
outbreaks in the United States.
Researchers do not yet know whether the virus is the sole
trigger of the
disease or whether it has an accomplice, but they agree it is a primary cause
of the
outbreak.
Cities throughout Asia that have purged street dogs have repeatedly suffered the consequences
of leaving the dogs» ecological niche open to invasion by rats, as
triggered the plague
outbreak of 1994 in Surat, India, or monkeys, street pigs, or other animals who carry
diseases as deadly as rabies but harder to eradicate.
Freak weather patterns will not only affect agricultural output and food security, but will also lead to water shortages and
trigger outbreaks of water and mosquito - borne
diseases such as diarrhea and malaria in many developing nations.