Rising temperatures and heavy rainfall are turning Europe into a breeding ground for mosquito-borne diseases, researchers warn. New figures show there have been 715 locally acquired cases of West Nile virus across 15 European countries this year. Climate change is creating cosy conditions for Culex pipiens and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes in places they couldn’t previously thrive, extending their range and the transmission period of the diseases they carry. “We are faced with a problem where new places could become hotspots of transmission that were not prepared for this before,” says genetic epidemiologist Houriiyah Tegally.
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