Infectious diseases will increase significantly in the coming decades due to the climate crisis alone, according to infectiologists. Mosquito bites are always annoying, but can also be dangerous in rare cases: when potentially deadly pathogens are transmitted. There are still only a few cases in Germany, but the risks are increasing as a result of climate change. Many mosquito species in Germany can hardly be distinguished from one another by laypeople. Does the annoying mosquito bite come from a native mosquito or a Asian tiger mosquito? The difference can be significant - when the mosquito bites. This is because the tiger mosquito can transmit a number of dangerous pathogens. The Asian tiger mosquito originates from the tropics, but has been spreading massively in southern Europe and parts of central Europe since the 1990s as a result of climate change. Local reproduction was detected in Germany in 2014. There are now established populations, says mosquito expert Doreen Werner from the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research.
No case has yet been reported in this country in which a disease has been transmitted by a bite from a tiger mosquito living here - experts believe this is only a matter of time due to climate change. In the south of France, for example, Zika infections caused by tiger mosquitoes native to the region have been reported several times. Dengue infections have already been confirmed in Madeira, Croatia and France. There have also been outbreaks of chikungunya in the Mediterranean region. The EU health authority ECDC recently warned of the increasing risk of mosquito-borne diseases. The Asian tiger mosquito is spreading further northwards and westwards in Europe. The number of affected regions in the European Economic Area has almost tripled within ten years. Unlike native mosquitoes, the white-striped animals often use small water reservoirs, for example in the saucers of flower pots, and are particularly widespread in urban areas - even in large cities such as Berlin.
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