Published September 2019
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Journal article
The cholera epidemic in Yemen - How did it start? The role of El Niño conditions followed by regional winds
Creators
- 1. Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 3498838 (Israel)
Description
The largest cholera epidemic of modern times began during the autumn of 2016 in Yemen, under ongoing war conditions. What exactly caused the epidemic to emerge is unclear. It is suggested that a combination of the impact of the strong El Niño of 2015-16 on cholera incidence in Somalia, followed by southwestern winds over the Gulf of Aden throughout the summer of 2016, contributed to the disease spreading through dissemination of cholera-contaminated flying insects (chironomids) from the Horn of Africa to Yemen.
Additional details
Identifiers
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.envres.2019.108571;
- PII
- S0013935119303688;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Environmental Research
- Journal Volume
- 176
- Journal Page Range
- vp.
- ISSN
- 0013-9351
- CODEN
- ENVRAL
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 55026369
- Subject category
- S54: ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- CHOLERA; INSECTS; SOMALIA; WIND
- Descriptors DEC
- AFRICA; ANIMALS; ARAB COUNTRIES; ARTHROPODS; BACTERIAL DISEASES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; INVERTEBRATES; ZOONOTIC DISEASES
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- Copyright
- Copyright (c) 2019 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.