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Publication Date February 9, 2016 | InsideClimate News

Warming world spreads a wider welcome mat for Zika-carrying mosquitoes

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Zika-carrying mosquitoes are already living in places like Honduras, but climate change means they could make their way to a much wider area of the globe. Photo: Reuters
Zika-carrying mosquitoes are already living in places like Honduras, but climate change means they could make their way to a much wider area of the globe. Photo: Reuters

As world health officials scramble to combat the spreading virus, which could infect as many as 4 million people this year, scientists and public health officials see the outbreak as an omen in a world steadily warming under the effects of climate change.

 

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