{"id":3485,"date":"2025-09-01T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T13:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.infectnet.org\/?p=3485"},"modified":"2025-10-14T15:57:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T13:57:12","slug":"asiatische-tigermuecke-in-deutschland-clarissa-prazeres-da-costa-im-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/archive\/3485","title":{"rendered":"Asian tiger mosquito in Germany: Interview with Clarissa Prazeres da Costa"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Munich-based infectious disease specialist Professor Dr Clarissa Prazeres da Costa explains the dangers of the tiger mosquito on ZDF's Mittagsmagazin programme.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/admin.infectnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-photograph-of-a-large-vibrant-tigermuc_jKEOHikhQO2wd7-ZLxJfQA_4jKnLnCoQhiV8U53G6PTuw-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-photograph-of-a-large-vibrant-tigermuc_jKEOHikhQO2wd7-ZLxJfQA_4jKnLnCoQhiV8U53G6PTuw-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/infectnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-photograph-of-a-large-vibrant-tigermuc_jKEOHikhQO2wd7-ZLxJfQA_4jKnLnCoQhiV8U53G6PTuw-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/infectnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-photograph-of-a-large-vibrant-tigermuc_jKEOHikhQO2wd7-ZLxJfQA_4jKnLnCoQhiV8U53G6PTuw-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/infectnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-photograph-of-a-large-vibrant-tigermuc_jKEOHikhQO2wd7-ZLxJfQA_4jKnLnCoQhiV8U53G6PTuw-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/infectnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/a-photograph-of-a-large-vibrant-tigermuc_jKEOHikhQO2wd7-ZLxJfQA_4jKnLnCoQhiV8U53G6PTuw.jpeg 1152w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Asian tiger mosquito has not only arrived in Central Europe, but is also threatening to spread throughout Germany. Fortunately, however, the insect does not grow as large as it appears in the picture, measuring just two to ten millimetres.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In the 28 August 2025 edition of ZDF's Mittagsmagazin, <a href=\"https:\/\/infectnet.org\/en\/web\/mitglied.php\/?id=38\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Prof Dr Clarissa Prazeres da Costa<\/strong><\/a> discusses the potential dangers of the Asian tiger mosquito, <em>Aedes albopictus<\/em>as a carrier of viral diseases and the best ways to protect against this invasive insect. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdf.de\/play\/magazine\/zdf-mittagsmagazin-104\/zdf-mittagsmagazin-vom-28-august-2025-100#t=folgen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to watch the relevant episode of Mittagsmagazin.<\/a> The interview with Clarissa Prazeres da Costa starts at 03:20.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/mueckenatlas.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\"M\u00fcckenatlas\"<\/a> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalhealth.mh.tum.de\/de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Centre for Global Health at TUM<\/a>. She heads the <a href=\"https:\/\/mih.mh.tum.de\/de\/parasitologie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Department of Parasitological Diagnostics<\/a> and the teaching unit at the <a href=\"https:\/\/mih.mh.tum.de\/de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copyright title image: Uli Benz \/ TUM<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Ren\u00e9 Lesnik<\/em> | Coordination Infect-Net<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M\u00fcnchner Infektionsmedizinerin Professorin Dr. Clarissa Prazeres da Costa kl\u00e4rt im ZDF Mittagsmagazin \u00fcber die Gefahr der Tigerm\u00fccke auf In der Ausgabe des ZDF Mittagsmagazins vom 28. 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