Dengue fever and chikungunia fever may become a widespread diseases in Europe due to climate warming that nourishes the spread of the tiger mosquitoes that carried these two diseases, as well as civil expansion and mobility, as warned a study published in the magazine “Lancet Planetary Health” Thursday.
Currently, 4 billion people in 129 countries face the risk of dengue fever or Xongonia, and they were previously present mainly in tropical and semi -tropical countries, and their main tankers are the AEDES AEGYPTI mosquitoes and the Asian tiger mosquitoes.
The expansion of the tiger mosquitoes in the north was driven by global climate warming: the higher the temperature, the shorter its growth cycle, while the virus proliferation rate in the insect increases as a result of the temperature.
For the first time, the study that published the links between the risk of dengue fever and the chikungunia in Europe and a large number of factors, such as climate, environment, social and economic living conditions, demography and insect data over 35 years.
Funded by the “Horizen” program for research and innovation, this study has used data from the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control of Diseases, the World Health Organization and publications of the presence of Balm al -Nimer in Europe, since its arrival in 1990 to 2024.
Increased in the frequency of proliferation
Although the first foci of the disease lasted more than 25 years to appear in Europe, the pace and scope of dengue and the chickingonia fever has not been stopped since 2010.
In 2024 alone, 304 cases of dengue fever were recorded, a number of more than 275 cases recorded during the previous 15 years. Local widespread cases were selected in 4 countries, which are Italy, Croatia, France and Spain.
Almost all cases were recorded (95%) between July and September, and 3 quarters were in civil or semi -civilian areas, while the remaining quarter in rural areas.
The study showed that every high temperatures during the summer increases the risk of epidemics. Consequently, the summer seasons, which are characterized by very high temperatures, “contribute to greatly amplifying this phenomenon,” according to the inventory of research work.
These trends indicate that “the temperature remains an important factor in the risk of future epidemics, especially in light of the extremist climate scenarios”, and that “these diseases tend to become rampant throughout the European Union.”