Tiger mosquitoes have been found in five Dutch municipalities so far this year. This happened in Amstelveen, Assen, Lelystad, Moerdijk and Sittard. In addition, a number of yellow fever mosquitoes were found in Haarlemmermeer (Schiphol), reports the foundation platform Stop invasive exotics, which keeps track of the mosquito figures. The foundation relies on data from the Dutch Food and Consumer Product Safety Authority (NVWA).
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The tiger mosquito and the yellow fever mosquito are animals that do not originate in the Netherlands. They can spread various viral diseases in humans and animals, such as dengue (dengue fever), Zika, chikungunya, yellow fever, West Nile virus and various forms of encephalitis. The critters probably come along with imported car tires and bamboo plants.
Supervisor NVWA only mentions where and when the exotic mosquitoes were found on the website. It is not stated on the site how many mosquitoes were made per find.
Photo: ANP
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