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Climate right for Asian mosquito to spread in N. Europe
PARIS: The climate in northwestern Europe and the Balkans is becoming suitable for the Asian tiger mosquito, a disease-spreading invasive species, scientists said on Wednesday.The warning comes from scientists at the University of Liverpool, northwestern England, who say the two regions have been having progressively milder winters and warmer summers.
These temperate conditions favour the mosquito, which gained a foothold in Albania in 1979 and is now present in more than 15 countries on Europe's southern rim.
"Over the last two decades, climate conditions have become more suitable over central northwestern Europe -- Benelux, western Germany -- and the Balkans," they said.
More: http://www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/health/view/1197305/1/.html
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people like me who are a walking feast for anything that creeps, crawls or flies.
Mosquitoes can detect me at half a kilometer--and their bites stay itchy and inflamed for days.
