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According to a government-funded report, climate change can contribute to a surge of viruses and the re-emergence of ancient diseases such as the plague. Researchers in California and Massachusetts warned that climate change could result in an increase in infectious diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites. These include tickborne diseases such as malaria from tick season several months before, as well as new fungal infections due to rising extreme temperatures. Older diseases such as the bubonic plague could become more prevalent, as seen in states as New Mexico. Physicians were advised to maintain 'a high degree of suspicion of diseases on the move' to see patients early in the study, which was partially funded by NIH grants. An epidemic of infectious diseases could cause global chaos.'