Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Global warming wilts malaria

http://feeds.nature.com/~r/news/rss/most_recent/~3/FzgrEjm4CJM/nature.2011.9695
A common assumption is that rising global temperatures will increase the spread of malaria — the deadly mosquito-borne disease that affects millions of people worldwide. But a study out today in Biology Letters finds that warmer temperatures seem to slow transmission of malaria-causing parasites, by reducing their infectiousness1.

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