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Ocean Heat Can Predict Malaria Outbreaks in India
2013-03-10 13:10:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate News Network: Health officials may have a new way to anticipate malaria epidemics in north-west India. All they have to do is check the sea surface temperatures in the tropical south Atlantic, off the coast of western Africa. If the water is colder than normal in July, then prepare for an epidemic of the Anopheles mosquito and its little Plasmodium parasite four months later in Kutch and the Thar Desert of India. Research shows if the water is colder than normal in July, then prepare for an epidemic of the...
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