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Cornell University: Higher dengue rates found near public transit in low-income areas

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In Medellin, Colombia, low-income residents who lived in close proximity to new public transit stations had increased rates of mosquito-transmitted dengue fever, according to a new study. The study, published May 18 in Nature Scientific Reports, found that poorer neighborhoods closest to public transit stations had the highest dengue infection rates while equivalent socioeconomic neighborhoods […]