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Of Climate Change, Mosquitoes and Disease

“Yellow fever mosquito” (Aedes aegypti) biting human (photo by USDA)Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases are the latest to warn that so-called “tropical” diseases like dengue could become more common in the U.S. as the climate warms and disease-carrying mosquitoes expand their territory.

Photo courtesy of the U.S.D.A.

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