Climate change doubles risk of malaria, zika fever and dengue fever .. Learn the causes

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The six-millimeter Asian tiger mosquito may not seem to pose a major threat to public health in Britain, thousands of miles away in the warmer hemisphere, according to the Daily Mail website. But thanks to climate change, The mosquitoes wrongly to the north until they are now thriving in parts of southeastern England, and small numbers have been discovered in Merseyside.

Last summer was the hottest month in the UK as a whole, the hottest in England, with temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius. If trends continue, some experts fear the Asian tiger – also known as the white whale – may spread across much of the country.

The risk is that a mosquito bite can transmit deadly tropical diseases such as zika, dengue and a so-called disease chikungunya , Which can cause joint pain, headache and nose bleeds.

Last month, Professor Chris White, chief scientific adviser on public health issues at the Ministry of Health, warned that the presence of this small insect here is strong evidence that we are facing a possible outbreak of Zika.

The virus is a major concern, causing flu-like symptoms in most adults, but it causes severe congenital defects if a pregnant woman is infected.

It should be said that his Asian Tiger mosquitoes have less ability to transmit the disease than their close cousin Aedes aegypti Or "Egyptian herd", a yellow fever mosquito, which was responsible for the recent outbreak of Zika in South America.

However, the World Health Organization [WHO] reported that there is a strong scientific consensus that Zika can also cause Guillain Barry, a rare neurological syndrome that results in temporary paralysis in adults.

The only hope, Professor White warned, is that scientists can invent a vaccine before the pandemic hits the UK.