Climate change leads to growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases, EU agency says

Climate change leads to growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases, EU agency says

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https://apnews.com/article/climate-change-europe-mosquito-fever-ecdc-b1f0e0471ae645344c2ed3f9425d7a97

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — European Union officials warned Thursday there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as dengue and chikungunya in Europe due to climate change.

The European Center for Disease Prevention and Control said that because Europe is experiencing a warming trend, with heat waves and flooding becoming more frequent and severe, and summers getting longer and warmer, the conditions are more favorable "for invasive mosquito species such as Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti.”