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Debate erupts over effects of climate change on disease http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1239299158
The commonly-held view that climate change can only increase the burden of infectious diseases has been challenged -- provoking a debate that could ripple out to health professionals, conservationists and policymakers.... Lafferty's paper "looks set to spark another heated debate among ecologists" and further afield "because of the funding implications and political fallout that might be generated by questioning the association between climate change and infectious diseases," says Wilson.
In his paper, Lafferty argues that temperature increases due to climate change are just one factor among many socioeconomic and environmental influences affecting diseases. Climate change is more likely to shift, than expand, the range of disease-causing bugs -- and some areas might experience a decrease in disease, he writes.
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