As public health officials continue to make connections between health and societal factors, there's mounting evidence that diseases once considered exotic are taking root in the poorest areas of the U.S. "We already have dengue (and chikungunya) in Texas and in the Gulf Coast, and I think we'll start to see transmission of both diseases in the coming years," said Dr. Peter Hotez, founding dean of the National School of Tropical Medicine at Baylor University's College of Medicine.
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