Dengue fever – a disease normally associated with tropical areas of the world – is becoming more prevalent in parts of Europe due to climate change, researchers have warned.
The caution comes after a woman from the UK was infected while on holiday in the south of France, reporting a fever, headache, muscle pain and a rash for three days, but without needing further medical treatment.
Dr Owain Donnelly from the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London said: “This individual was part of an outbreak of over 30 locally transmitted cases in the south of France in 2022, which highlights the rapidly changing epidemiology of dengue.
