Dengue fever is becoming more prevalent in parts of Europe, with experts warning an outbreak of the mosquito-borne disease could be possible in the UK due to climate change.
This comes after a British woman was infected with the tropical disease during a holiday to Nice, in the South of France, in September 2022. The 44-year-old visited A&E after she began experiencing a fever, headache, muscle pain and a rash for three days, but did not require further medical treatment.
Between the busy holiday season of June and September 2022, three separate outbreaks of dengue virus transmission were reported by the Agence Regionale de Santé (ARS). These cases were identified in France among patients who had not travelled abroad.
