the tiger mosquito, impossible to stop?

The tiger mosquito has three major weapons: their size, less than 5 mm high, “then they are silent, (…) and above all they come out during the day, even if they prefer to bite in the morning and evening”indicates the journalist and doctor Damien Mascret, present, Wednesday, May 10, on the set of 12/13.

Disease carriers

They are also carriers of certain diseases, such as Chikungunya, dengue or the Zika virus. Some cases appear in France. “A traveler who will become infected overseas or in a distant country will then return to France, be bitten by this tiger mosquito, which will then bite someone who has absolutely not traveled”, continues the doctor. Present throughout the territory, the tiger mosquito “will continue to spread”. Indigenous cases were reported in three regions in 2022.