Changing climate may influence risks from deadly rodent-borne diseases

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Add as preferred source Multimammate mouse, the main host of Lassa virus. Credit: Joachim Mariën Changes in rainfall can trigger increases in rodent populations and subsequent spikes in infection, new research has found, revealing how a changing climate could have consequences for human health.