The abstract of this article from 1996 sheds some light: "The incidence of mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria, dengue, and viral encephalitides, are am

The abstract of this article from 1996 sheds some light: "The incidence of mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria, dengue, and viral encephalitides, are among those diseases most sensitive to climate. Climate change would directly affect disease transmission by shifting the vector's geographic range and increasing reproductive and biting rates and by shortening the pathogen incubation period." http://jama.jamanetwork.com/mobile/article.aspx?articleid=394508&resultclick=1 http://jama.jamanetwork.com/mobile/article.aspx?articleid=39...