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New research shows that altered rainfall patterns can boost rodent numbers, leading to spikes in disease transmission. Scientists from the Natural History Museum in London, the University of Oxford, University College London and other partners built a modeling framework using nearly three decades of data on the African Natal multimammate mouse, the primary carrier of Lassa virus. The model links climate‑driven changes in mouse populations to heightened human health risk. Findings appear in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, highlighting how a warming climate may amplify rodent‑borne disease threats.

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