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Tiger mosquitos could bring dengue fever to UK as climate heats up
Daily Express
|December 11, 2023
TIGER mosquitos could carry tropical diseases such as horrifying dengue fever into Britain due to climate change, scientists warn today.
The UK Health Security Agency predicts a future in which heat and cold-related deaths soar and new mosquito species invade carrying potentially deadly viruses.
Asian tiger mosquitos dengue, chikungunya can carry the and zika viruses. All cause severe fever, aches and joint pain.
In a plausible worst-case scenario where temperatures rise by over 4°C, UKHSA warns the tiger mosquito could become established in most of England by the 2040s and 2050s.
London could transmission see regular of dengue by 2060.
Dr Jolyon Medlock, from UKHSA, said other European countries had already seen these mosquitos arrive via imported goods.
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