Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Africa’s expanding farms attract more plague-infested rats: TRFN

By Chris Arsenault ROME (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Converting wilderness areas into farmland in East Africa may be increasing the risk of disease epidemics, as rodents crawling with plague-carrying fleas are drawn to the harvested food. …

Source: Africa’s expanding farms attract more plague-infested rats: TRFN



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