Munich-based infectious disease specialist Professor Dr Clarissa Prazeres da Costa explains the dangers of the tiger mosquito on ZDF's Mittagsmagazin programme.
In the 28 August 2025 edition of ZDF's Mittagsmagazin, Prof Dr Clarissa Prazeres da Costa discusses the potential dangers of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictusas a carrier of viral diseases and the best ways to protect against this invasive insect. Click here to watch the relevant episode of Mittagsmagazin. The interview with Clarissa Prazeres da Costa starts at 03:20.
Citizens who would like to help researchers investigate the spread of the Asian tiger mosquito and its relatives can put captured mosquitoes in an envelope and send them to the "Mückenatlas" .
Clarissa Prazeres da Costa is a medical microbiologist, immunologist, infectious disease specialist, professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and co-founder of the Centre for Global Health at TUM. She heads the Department of Parasitological Diagnostics and the teaching unit at the Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene.
Copyright title image: Uli Benz / TUM
René Lesnik | Coordination Infect-Net
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