Dengue und Chikungunya könnten in Europa bald aufgrund der globalen Erwärmung endemisch sein
https://www.france24.com/en/health/20250515-europe-on-brink-of-endemic-dengue-and-chikungunya-as-mosquitoes-move-north
Dengue und Chikungunya könnten in Europa bald aufgrund der globalen Erwärmung endemisch sein
https://www.france24.com/en/health/20250515-europe-on-brink-of-endemic-dengue-and-chikungunya-as-mosquitoes-move-north
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> Climate change is pushing disease-carrying tiger mosquitoes deeper into Europe, raising the risk that once-tropical viruses like dengue and chikungunya could become endemic across the continent. The new study, published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal, analyses the impact a number of factors including the climate have had on the spread of the two diseases in Europe over the last 35 years.
> Over 300 cases of dengue were recorded in the European Union **in 2024 – the hottest year on record – compared to 275 over the previous 15 years.** Dengue outbreaks **have now hit Italy, Croatia, France and Spain.** „Our findings highlight that the EU is transitioning from sporadic outbreaks of Aedes-borne diseases towards an endemic state,“ it said.
> The higher temperatures soar, the greater the risk of outbreaks caused by **tiger mosquitoes**, the European research team said.
The French Indian Ocean island of Reunion has recently endured a deadly outbreak of chikungunya. Tiger mosquitoes can also transmit the **Zika and West Nile** viruses, which were not studied in the latest research.
Tiger mosquitos are becoming a huge problem in France. I haven’t seen any mosquitos in France until last year when I heard about them for the first time. This summer they are literally everywhere – leave your window open and you will be sure to get a few of them. And yes, they can carry dengue.
Singapore bans standing water. I’m in Edinburgh and was watering a neighbors tomatoes while they were away, spied some plastic containers with brown water in them, so I turned them upside down so they won’t collect rainwater again.
The human race is completely fucked. Literally nothing is being done about climate change except empty promises and a negligible amount of solar energy. We’re doomed.