Are mosquitoes bad in Europe?

There are two mosquitoes whose spread in Europe is most concerning: The Asian tiger mosquito, which can transmit chikungunya and dengue viruses, and the yellow fever mosquito, which can transmit dengue, yellow fever, chikungunya, zika and West Nile viruses.



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Iceland is one of the few habitable places on the planet that is mosquito-free, and nobody really seems to know why. It's not nearly as cold as Antarctica, which is so frigid that mosquitoes (and people, for that matter) could never survive exposure to the elements there for long.

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