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Community close to Mississippi River delta at risk of contracting tropical diseases

Climatic changes has led to increase in spreading infectious illnesses like dengue fever and Chagas disease and the researchers are predicting that the African American community that lives close to the delta of the Mississippi River are at higher risks of contracting these dieses.

Not only the African American community but even the whites who live in the Appalachian mountains and the illegal immigrants living close to the along the US-Mexico border are vulnerable to these diseases.