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Dengue fever is surging worldwide. A hotter planet will make it worse

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Dengue fever is surging worldwide. A hotter planet will make it worse

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Dengue fever is surging worldwide. A hotter planet will make it worse.

Climate change helped fuel an explosion of dengue cases in the Americas, including Puerto Rico, as mosquitoes multiply in warmer, wetter weather.

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“Aedes aegypti is a mosquito that can spread dengue fever, chikungunya, Zika fever, Mayaro and yellow fever viruses, and other disease agents”

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