ArticlePLoS biology2023
Fluctuating temperatures have a surprising effect on disease transmission.
Article in PLoS biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Mean daily temperatures predict the thermal limits of malaria transmission better than hourly rate summation.Nature communications · 2025Article
- Uncovering temperature sensitivity of West Nile virus transmission: Novel computational approaches to mosquito-pathogen trait responses.PLoS computational biology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Theory predicts that temperature fluctuations should reduce performance near an organism's thermal optimum. A new study in PLOS Biology found fluctuations increased parasite transmission instead, highlighting questions about how climate change will impact infectious diseases.
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