Warning mosquito-borne diseases are heading into Europe [Video]

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Experts have issued a stark warning over the potential for deadly illnesses to spread across Europe amid a surge in cases. Our warming climate could mean we see more mosquito-borne diseases in areas previously little affected, it has been warned. 

The small insects spread illnesses such as malaria and dengue fever, both of which have become more prevalent over the past 80 years due to warmer, more humid conditions that they thrive in.

It is thought that the number of people living in areas rife with mosquito-borne diseases could therefore double to 4.7 billion by the end of the century.

As reported by The Guardian, Professor Rachel Lowe who leads the global health resilience group at the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre in Spain, warned that outbreaks are set to spread across currently unaffected parts of the world in the next few decades.

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