Vulnerability to climate induced highland malaria in East Africa
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Climate change and highland malaria: fresh air for a hot debate.
In recent decades, malaria has become established in zones at the margin of its previous distribution, especially in the highlands of East Africa. Studies in this region have sparked a heated debate over the importance of climate change in the territorial expansion of malaria, where positions range from its neglect to the reification of correlations as causes. Here, we review studies supporting...
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