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Climate change: an enduring challenge for vector-borne disease prevention and control

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Climate change is already affecting vector-borne disease transmission and spread, and its impacts are likely to worsen. In the face of ongoing climate change, we must intensify efforts to prevent and control vector-borne diseases.

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J.R. received funding from the Swedish Research Council Formas (grant nos. 2018–01754 and 2017–01300) and the ZikaPlan project funded by the European Union research and innovation program Horizon 2020 (grant agreement no. 734584). R.D. received funding from the High Tide Foundation.

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  1. Department of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden

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  2. Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Yale School of Public Health and Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

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  3. Yale Center on Climate Change and Health, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA

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Rocklöv, J., Dubrow, R. Climate change: an enduring challenge for vector-borne disease prevention and control. Nat Immunol 21, 479–483 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41590-020-0648-y

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