National Geographic: UB study links temperature change, malaria

Release Date: January 10, 2008 This content is archived.

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An article on National Geographic News on the impact climate change is having on the rate of malaria in Kenya reports a study conducted jointly by UB and the Kenya Medical Research Institute showed that changes in temperature can affect the development and survival of malaria parasites and the mosquitoes that carry them.

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