Could Climate Change be attributed to re-emergence of some infectious diseases?

Sidharta Chatterjee @Sidharta_Chatterjee

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Any correlation between climate change, global warming and emergence of new strains of viruses which cause Ebola, Marburg or similar highly contagious diseases?

Any scientific work is being done on this domain? Seeking expert advice only.

Abhijit Mitra

The relationship between malarial parasite and temperature is a reality.

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