Mosquitos

Climate change won't cause the largest spread of dengue fever - we will.

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Of course, the climate change won't help, either. At least that is the claim of a new study published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The researchers used computer models using ecological modelling ("GARP") to project the distribution of dengue fever's carrier, the mosquito Aedes aegypti, under today's climate and under climate change scenarios for 2030 and 2050 given published temperature rises. They wanted to know if climate change was likely to expand the mosquito's range in Australia, leading to increased risk of dengue outbreaks. Dengue fever is nothing to be trifled with. It's…