The risks of the spread of the plague began to increase due to climatic changes and anthropogenic effects on the environment. This was reported by the chief sanitary doctor of Russia Anna Popova, her words leads TASS.
Now there is an increase in the incidence of plague. This is the risks of today, explained the head of Rospotrebnadzor.
Popova added that emergency response to the occurrence of plague currently becomes a very important point.
Flashes of plague can occur due to climate change, which affects the habitat of animals that are carriers of the disease. So the outbreaks of disease and climate change connected an immunologist, an infectious disease specialist Vladislav Pearlov, his words leads to KP.RU.
he noted that the plague is an anthropozonous infection, that is, common to animals and people. The carriers of this disease are cricks, gopters, and other rodents who can live near the people cherished by man.
“The territory closest to us is Kazakhstan, Altai, the Caspian, the Caucasus. And the plague carriers are flea. If a number of yurt or the house of a person, then the disease through a bite of flea can go with rodents per person,” the specialist explained.
In case of climate change, the habitat is the habitat of animal carriers. The same happens because of the active activities of people in the territory of animals.
“You see, the world is aware of only 10 percent of the microbes living on Earth, only we know” in the face and name “. And 90 percent of microorganisms live by themselves, until they were touched,” added immunologist.