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06/05/2017 / By Frances Bloomfield

Outbreaks of malaria increase with deforestation, researchers find

Deforestation caused by humans may have a hand in the increasing number of malaria cases. That’s what Lehigh University researchers have asserted in their study, published in AIMS Environmental Science. By analyzing the conditions of 67 less-developed and malaria-endemic countries, the researchers were able connect growing malaria rates with human-induced environmental changes, reported ScienceDaily.com. Deforestation […]

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