Lansingerland – The Asian tiger mosquito has turned up in Lansingerland. The insect has also been seen in the municipalities of Westland, Lelystad, Assen and Valkenburg aan de Geul. The mosquito can transmit dangerous diseases such as dengue (also called dengue fever).
The NVWA and the Stop Invasive Exotics platform report this. According to the NVWA, no mosquito has already been found that has been infected. The likelihood of transmitting a disease is therefore negligible at the moment, but the food and commodity authority says it remains on top because of the risk. The critters probably come along with imported car tires and bamboo plants. If tiger mosquitoes are observed, the NVWA first investigates an area of a hundred meters around the location.
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