Brussels, 10/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - In a press release dated 7 September, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) confirmed the first European outbreak of chikungunya fever in the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna. The phenomenon also confirms scientists' predictions that global warming would have an impact on infectious diseases propagated by mosquitoes.
Latest figures (5 September) show that a total of 197 cases of chikungunya fever have been reported from the...