Particularly hot summers led to outbreaks of malaria and yellow fever primarily in the Southern Colonies. The warmer, humid climate in this region created favorable conditions for the mosquitoes that transmit these diseases. The Southern Colonies, which included areas like Virginia, Maryland, and the Carolinas, experienced these outbreaks more frequently than New England or the Middle Colonies.
particularly hot summers led to outbreaks of malaria and yellow fever in this region
new england southern colonies or Middle Colonies
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