Atlantic warming points to malaria risk... in India
- Published: 4 Mar 2013 at 01.49
- Online news: Asia
Health watchdogs monitoring the risk of malaria in India should keep a close eye on what's happening thousands of kilometres (miles) away in the Atlantic, an unusual study published on Sunday suggests.
Indian construction workers cover their faces as a New Delhi Municipal Council worker fumigates in New Delhi on August 17, 2010. Health watchdogs monitoring the risk of malaria in India should keep a close eye on what's happening thousands of kilometres (miles) away in the Atlantic, an unusual study published on Sunday suggests.
The temperature of the sea surface in the tropical South Atlantic is a big determinant for levels of monsoon rain, which in turn is the big factor for malarial mosquitoes, it says.
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