Dengue and chikungunya may soon be endemic in Europe due to global warming
https://www.france24.com/en/health/20250515-europe-on-brink-of-endemic-dengue-and-chikungunya-as-mosquitoes-move-north
Dengue and chikungunya may soon be endemic in Europe due to global warming
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.
Where I am in France, I first spotted the damn tiger mosquitoes about 3 years ago. Now I can’t enjoy the garden late afternoon or water the veg patch in the evening without squashing several of them. Several of my neighbours have exposed water. One of them has a barrel under a gutter on a lean to. I’ve been asking them to do something about it for a decade as I’m pretty sure that’s where most of the normal mosquitoes come from.
At least my town has started sending people round to educate the locals.
Finally something Latin America can teach first world countries!
Ouch. Good luck to my fellow Europeans. Those diseases suck!
Strongly suspect as soon as these things reach Europe a cure.or prevention method will be found.
My wife caught dengue in Bali almost a year ago today. Imagine the worst Covid you had and double it. You are now in the same sport. Double it again to reach the ball park.
I’m very worried about the climate crisis and all the environmental problems we face
But it’s funny europeans freaking out about dengue or chikungunya
I had dengue five times over my life, considering all the absolutely huge problems we all will face, this one is minor, you guys will get used to it in no time