Average Temperature in LA Neighborhoods (image)
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A new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, finds that infection rates of mosquitos with West Nile virus are associated with the daily average temperature across different neighborhoods in L.A. The city's coastal zone, which had average temperatures between 67 and 72 degrees Fahrenheit between 2006 and 2016, had fewer infected mosquitos than its central zone, which had average temperatures between 72 and 74 degrees Fahrenheit, and its inland zone, which had average temperatures above 74 degrees Fahrenheit. As climate change brings warmer weather to Southern California, cooler coastal regions may see a bump in West Nile transmission.
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