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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lucinda Cameron

Risks posed by mosquito-borne disease as climate changes assessed

Researchers have been awarded a £1.25 million grant to investigate how climate change could increase the risk of mosquito-borne disease in Scotland.

The University of Glasgow, which is working in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, said the three-year programme will be the first of its kind to assess the risk of mosquito-borne pathogen emergence in Scotland under current and future climate change scenarios.

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