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Dengue fever most likely will become a disease the United States must learn to live with as climate change creates opportunities for the disease to gain a foothold.

But after careful study of the disease’s characteristics, the mosquitoes that carry it and future climate change, researchers say the impact on areas likely to experience dengue won’t necessarily play out along the lines of conventional wisdom: Southern outbreaks will decrease in size overall and become more common in the spring and fall while Northern areas could experience larger outbreaks throughout the summer.
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