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Climate Change Raises Europe Infectious Disease Threat

Diseases not normally seen in Europe are now starting to appear because of the world's changing climate, a scientist said on Monday.

Professor Paul Hunter, of the University of East Anglia in England, told a British science conference that erratic weather that will cause flooding and drought will also lead to changes in the incidence of infectious disease.

"There are already significant indications of disease burden occurring in Europe as a result of climate change," he told the conference.