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El Niño and climate change—contributing factors in the dispersal of Zika virus in the Americas? - The Lancet
- States that Isaac I Bogoch and colleagues anticipated the international spread of Zika virus from Brazil through air traffic
- States that permissive climatic conditions for Aedes mosquitoes might have contributed to the explosive spread of Zika virus in Brazil
- States that the 2015 El Niño caused exceptional climatic conditions in northeastern South America during winter and spring in the southern hemisphere
- States that, according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the temperatures over north and eastern South America were “record warmest”, accompanied by a severe drought, throughout the second half of 2015
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