6 Minute English / Can climate change cause more disease?

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Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I m Beth.

And I m Neil.

Here at 6 Minute English, we discussed animals adapting their behaviour in response to climate change in earlier programmes, but we didn t focus on one species in detail. So, in this programme, we ll take a look at an especially unwelcome insect: the mosquito.

Every year, mosquito-borne diseases kill around three-quarters of a million globally, with most deaths occurring in children under five.

With warming temperatures, mosquitos are now spreading to new areas, including Europe. We ll hear about dengue fever, one of the diseases they bring, and as usual, we ll learn some useful new vocabulary as well. But first, I have a question for you, Neil. Dengue isn t the only sickness mosquitos spread, so which of the following is also a mosquito-borne disease? Is it:

a) ebola,

b) cholera, or

c) malaria?

I think the answer is c) malaria.