Ticks carrying deadly virus living longer in UK heatwaves

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 3 Oct, 00:54 · Archive

Ticks carrying Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever are living longer in the UK due to more regular heatwaves.

Ticks carrying a life-threatening virus are living longer in the UK due to more regular heatwaves, according to an expert warning. Hyalomma ticks are the main transmitters of Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever, described as a severe and potentially life-threatening virus.

The longer survival of these disease-carrying ticks in Britain is attributed to the increasing frequency of hot summers in the country.

How it is being reported

• Britain’s long hot summers mean disease-carrying ticks are living longerThe Independent · 3 Oct, 00:11
• Ticks carrying life-threatening virus living longer in UK, expert warnsSky News · 3 Oct, 00:01

In this story: Hyalomma ticks · Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever · UK

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