Significant El Nino events linked to devastating disease outbreaks
Thursday, February 25, 2016 - 06:00
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Evidence is emerging that the devastating outbreaks of Vibrio disease recently witnessed in Latin America are linked to significant El Niño events. New research using the latest microbial and genomic tools is providing a fresh insight into how El Niño may represent a long-distance corridor for waterborne diseases, fast tracking their spread across the pacific from Asia to the Americas.