Worldwide, the dengue virus is the fastest-spreading viral disease transmitted by mosquitoes. In Italy and France, 25 people have already been infected by a bite from the Asian tiger mosquito. How dangerous is this tropical disease? Do the infected mosquitoes also come to Belgium? And what can you do against dengue? Eric van Gorp, professor of virology and internist-infectiologist at Erasmus MC, explains everything you need to know about this virus, also known as dengue fever.
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Dengue virus infections have already been reported in Italy and France: how dangerous is the disease? And do the tiger mosquitoes that spread it also occur in Belgium?
