Fluctuating temperatures have a surprising effect on disease transmission

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Marta S. Shocket

* E-mail: shocket@lancaster.ac.uk

Affiliation Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, United Kingdom

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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