Mosquitoes on the Move: four charts reveal a widening global threat
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Four charts illustrate how disease‑carrying mosquitoes are expanding worldwide due to climate change and globalization: Aedes albopictus has reached new European regions in 2025–26, dengue and chikungunya outbreaks have surged and malaria remained a major killer (282 million cases in 2024); over the centuries, 45 vector mosquitoes have invaded new regions, with 12 since 2000, aided by tyres, live plants, and modern travel, while rising temperatures widen the transmission window.
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