Global Warming May Lead to More West Nile Virus
Friday, March 20, 2009 - 12:49
in Health & Medicine
The higher temperatures, humidity and rainfall associated with climate change have intensified outbreaks of West Nile virus infections across the United States in recent years, according to a study published this week.One of the largest surveys of West Nile virus cases to date links warming weather patterns and increasing rainfall--both projected to accelerate with global warming--to outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease across 17 states from 2001 to 2005. [More]