The cholera epidemic in Yemen - How did it start? The role of El Nino conditions followed by regional winds

Shlomit Paz

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2019.108571

The cholera epidemic in Yemen - How did it start? The role of El Nino conditions followed by regional winds

Shlomit Paz

Department of Geography and Environmental Studies

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Abstract

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 through dissemination of cholera-contaminated flying insects (chironomids) from the Horn of Africa to Yemen.

Original language	English
Article number	108571
Number of pages	4
Journal	Environmental Research
Volume	176
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envres.2019.108571
State	Published - Sep 2019

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Chironomids
Cholera epidemic
El Nino
Regional winds
Yemen

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General Environmental Science

UN SDGs

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