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Climate Change Brings Good Times for Deadly Microbial Hitchhikers
2013-08-07 22:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Huffington Post: Here in the U.S., mosquitoes are seen as pesky nuisances whose sting is blunted by our hermetically sealed lifestyles -- we live inside air conditioned homes with screens on the windows that protect us from their annoying bites. But in hotter tropical climes, especially in overcrowded mega-cities without adequate sanitation in Africa, Asia and South America, the tiny critters are airborne angels of death, delivering payloads of lethal pathogens that sicken half a billion people and claim at least...
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