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Warm Weather Increases Hospital Infections, And What That Might Mean For Climate Change


'“If average temperatures are rising (independent of cause), then we would expect to see more Gram-negative infections in the future,” lead author Eli Perencevich told me by email. “This could mean more difficult-to-treat infections, and also higher likelihood of outbreaks when temperatures are warm.”'
Maryn McKenna
Wired
October 29, 2011