Lethal messenger

what does the temperature of the sea and deadly South American disease have to do with each other? A lot, say climatologists at the us national Aeronautical Space Administration (nasa) and the us military health specialists. They have used changes in the sea surface temperature to predict outbreaks of Bartonellosis, an insect-borne highly fatal disease. The researchers, www.sciencedaily.com reported on January 21, have found that the worst outbreaks of the disease are closely related to the climate event El Ni