by Valeria Pace
(ANSA) – TRIESTE, 14 MAR – Due to climate change the risk of
tropical disease epidemics is rising in Western countries. The
risk is higher in Italy, Slovenia and Albania, countries with
the most abundant tiger mosquito populations, which have been
endemic in these areas since the 1990s. This is one of the
aspects highlighted by the section on Health of the European
Climate Risk Assessment (Eucra), the first report compiled by a
European Union agency on the risks posed by climate…