Dengue virus detected in mosquitoes north of Alps for first time
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The cantonal laboratory of Basel City has detected the dengue virus for the first time in a study of captured tiger mosquitoes. This is the first published detection of this virus in mosquitoes north of the Alps, according to the laboratory. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The experts came across this finding in a pilot monitoring sample from 2024 from a pool of the Aedes genus, which includes the Asian tiger mosquito. Under the local climatic conditions, this is a "rare event", the cantonal laboratory wrote on Tuesday. The dengue virus has spread rapidly around the world in recent years. The number of cases has risen sharply and the first cases of transmission have also occurred in Europe. However, no dengue transmission has been reported in Switzerland to date. + Novel vaccine against dengue tested successfully in Switzerland According to the Basel cantonal laboratory, a dengue infection without a travel background is possible in principle, but in ...