18 SEPTEMBER. PERU: MALARIA

ENSO is given as the cause of warming temperatures and a malaria outbreak in El Valle de la Convencion, north of Cuzco ( I believe this is in the area between Macchu Pichu and Cuzco.--ed). Higher temperatures have allowed increased populations of Anopheles and other mosquitoes. Numbers of malaria cases range from 4,000 to 10,000--from Dave Coder <dcoder@u.washington.edu> on ProMED <promed@usa.healthnet.org>

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