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Wealth versus warming

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The response of malaria distribution to climate change has been debated. Statistical models suggest that by 2050, increasing national wealth will limit the expansion of malaria risk caused by rising temperatures.

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Figure 1: Conceptual relationship between climatic factors and wealth for malaria risk.

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