Europe should take action to prevent contamination of blood products by emerging infectious diseases as the climate warms.
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Semenza, J., Domanović, D. Blood supply under threat. Nature Clim Change 3, 432–435 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1867
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