Mosquitos in Europe now Carry Lymes Disease.

[Dave]

http://www.shoutoutaboutme.com/tick-borne-illness/german-study-finds-borrelia-in-mosquitoes/

 

[Dogoak]

Thanks Dave, always good to keep up to speed.

p.s. it's Lyme,

 

[Dave]

You're :welcome1:

 

[petrochemicals]

Terrifying. Lets hope diagnosis rates improve !

 

[wicca]

Pah! Continentals catching up with the Brits. European Mosquitos can now carry Lyme Disease can they?..well British Mosquitos were carrying four thousand pound bombs and that was back in the 1940'S...

I know Lyme Disease is no laughing matter but hey! Look on the bright side...

 

[Janne]

That is in Germany. I got Lymes in northern Czech Republic about 15 years ago. Doctor diagnosed it so I got treated and cured.
Also, Lyme's has been in Sweden for decades.

 

[sandbender]

"...I got Lymes in northern Czech Republic about 15 years ago..."

Presumably via ticks?

I picked up Lymes in Transylvania at about the same time, I was treated quickly and suffered no further problems, since then I check myself daily when out and about and get the blighters of me asap, if a mosquito bite now carries the risk of infection then thats going to make life much harder.