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Climate Information Key Weapon in Fight Against Zika

2016-03-05 15:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Reuters: In the Caribbean island state of Barbados, rainwater collection has been promoted as a way to boost scarce supplies of fresh water. But there's a catch: environmental health officers then reported an increase in mosquitoes breeding in household water storage tanks. In a country battling a high rate of dengue fever and some recently detected cases of Zika, controlling the population of the Aedes aegypti mosquito -- which transmits both viruses to humans -- is a high priority. Diarmid Campbell-Lendrum,...

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