Xinhua Agency, London, October 1 (Reporter Guo Shuang) A peer-reviewed study on the monitoring of invasive mosquito species in the UK showed that two invasive mosquitoes that can transmit multiple viruses have been discovered in the UK. As the climate warms, their numbers are increasing, and the UK is facing the risk of settling invasive mosquito species.

According to the previous bulletin of the European Center for Disease Control and Prevention, invasive mosquito species, especially Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, have invaded the European continent and accelerated their reproduction, and climate change has expanded their survival range. Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus, which can transmit dengue virus, yellow fever virus, Zika virus and West Nile virus, have posed a major potential threat to public health in many countries.

In order to monitor invasive mosquito species, the British Health and Safety Agency and its predecessor, the British Health Protection Agency, began monitoring in the UK in 2010, and began to deploy mosquito oviposition traps in seaports, airports and road transportation hubs in 2016 to monitor and control mosquito population density. The number of ovitrap monitoring sites carried out at 117 sites in England, Wales and Northern Ireland has increased to 1,070 in 2024.

Researchers from institutions such as the British Health Safety Authority, published on October 1 in the U.S. Journal of Science Public Library and Global Public Health, that Egyptian mosquito eggs were found in a cargo warehouse near London Heathrow Airport in September 2023, and in August 2024, in a highway service station in Kent County, for the first time since 2019, white mosquitoes were found.

Researchers point out that climate change will increase the northward expansion of invasive species and increase the risk of disease transmission. The European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has previously warned that climate change may make the spread of mosquito-borne diseases the "new normal."