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How climate change is causing a rise in mosquito-borne illness
From West Nile virus to malaria
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If it seems to you that more and more people are falling sick with malaria and dengue fever than in the past, you are not imagining it. Mosquito-borne illnesses are indeed on the rise, and they are affecting more and more people in countries across the globe. In the search to understand what may be prompting this troublesome development, scientists are turning their attention to climate change as an important contributing factor. Indeed, rising temperatures, increased flooding, and environmental pollution have all been shown to play a role in the increasing incidence of mosquito-borne illness.
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