especially in the warmer summers of the cases were known, some of these patients died: A Vibrio infection can be on the East and the North sea to the danger.
Also in the summer of 2020 holidaymakers on the North sea and the Baltic sea could face a Vibrio infection . In particular, for people with a weakened immune system , the pathogens can be dangerous. In recent years, there have been a few deaths .
The number of the summer Vibrio infections may increase in the coming years, in consequence of the global warming , in particular, on the Baltic sea coast* more. Reason> rising water temperatures about the seas and in river estuaries, according to the Federal Institute for risk assessment (BfR) <strong. They facilitate the salt-tolerant bacteria the spread.
“Vibrios proliferate at water temperatures of 20 degrees more,” said Eckhard Strauch, head of the consultant office for Vibrios of the BfR. Particularly in the Baltic sea , the far more cool, the could . Due to longer heat periods, the water temperature could climb more often in the future 20 degrees , so that the conditions for Vibrio improved.
Favourable conditions for Vibrios on the Baltic sea in the summer of 2020
‘ll Add to that that the salt concentration in the Baltic sea was moderate. “Just for the two Vibrio species that cause particular problems, Vibrio vulnificus and Vibrio cholerae non-O1 , are the conditions here,” said Bush. the Vibrio are widely used in the entire Baltic sea coast to the Baltic room. Also on the North sea*, for example, in estuaries, in front of you. In General, the risk, in particular to shallow, standing water is higher, as the temperatures rise faster. As the Robert Koch Institute informed, drops courses, the likelihood of Infection, however, in areas with currents, and Wave.
In recent years, the number of well – known diseases in Germany was, according to the shrub or low two-digit range. How many people will become infected this year, hanging from the weather . According to the world meteorological organization (WMO) with a view to the first months of the year, new temperature records . The Organisation is holding a further heat of summer in the Northern hemisphere is possible.
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Vibrios are for the elderly especially dangerous
Young and healthy adults are diagnosed according to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI) only rarely to a Vibrio infection . Dangerous the bacteria are, therefore, especially for the elderly and people with weakened immune system . People with pre-existing conditions, such as Diabetes, liver disease or cancer would have an increased risk for a disease and a severe course of the disease.
infrequently, in the past few years, to a number of deaths. Vibrios can cause severe wound infection , if they enter through an open wound. Symptoms such as strong local pain , fever, Sepsis and chills . Who eats with Vibrio contaminated seafood , the raw or only slightly cooked, or contaminated sea water swallows, may bring on a gastrointestinal disease . Be treated the infection is usually with antibiotics.
RKI to Vibrios
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