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Springtime Infectious Diseases: From Spring Fever to Lyme Disease

Gideon

There are many factors that cause some infectious diseases to follow seasonal patterns. Changes in temperature and precipitation influence biotic and abiotic environments, disease vectors and hosts, and human behavior, including the amount of time spent outdoors (1). 360-366, 2011. e55-e55, 2001. Online] (7) A.