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17/11/2021 Opinion – A climate for microbes: how the dynamics of infectious diseases will change on a warming planet
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Posted 17 November 2021 Opinion – A climate for microbes: how the dynamics of infectious diseases will change on a warming planet Professor Willem van Schaik, Director of the Institute of Microbiology and Infection, writes an opinion piece on how the dynamics of infectious diseases will change on a warming planet.