Europe Records Unprecedented Mosquito-Borne Virus Outbreaks, Scientists Attribute to Climate Change
2025-09-04 / Read about 0 minute
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The global phenomenon of climate change has posed significant challenges to Europe, particularly in the realm of mosquito-borne viral diseases. The summer of 2025 witnessed unprecedented surges in the spread of the West Nile virus and chikungunya virus across multiple European nations. Both the geographical extent of these outbreaks and the number of infections hit all-time highs. The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has emphasized that climate change has expanded the habitats of mosquito vectors and accelerated the virus replication cycle, thereby intensifying these outbreaks.