Dr. Buttery's Public Health BLOG

New Research from Oxford University suggests that the dire straits promised by some global warming activists may not occur. As key players in the spread of disease ticks aren’t exactly man’s best friend but, according to Oxford University scientists, they may offer a vital clue that climate change is not to blame for an upsurge in many human diseases. While mosquitoes may be infamous for spreading malaria in Africa it is less well known that ticks spread Lyme disease throughout Europe and Tick-Borne Encephalitis from Eastern France, through Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden and Eastern Europe including the Baltic States. The common assumption is that upsurges in such diseases in these regions are mainly due to climate change but new research published in PloS ONE contradicts this view.