Deadly dengue fever health warning for Aussies travelling to Europe this year: 'It's a plague' Aussies warned of death risk ahead of Euro-summer READ MORE: The shoes everyone is wearing to Europe By Belinda Cleary For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:00, 21 June 2024 | Updated: 05:01, 21 June 2024 e-mail View comments Australians who choose to 'chase the European summer' could be putting their health and even their life at risk, experts warn. More travellers are being struck down by a group of insidious diseases which cause crippling fever, terrible stomach pain, bleeding gums and even death. Diseases dengue fever, yellow fever, Nile virus and even the Zika virus , are all spread by mosquitoes which once avoided Europe in favour of warmer climates.

But now three varieties of mosquito have set-up self sustaining colonies across Europe putting travellers and locals at risk. Cases of dengue alone doubled in 2023 and are expected to 'explode' in 2024 with one seasoned traveller describing it as 'a terrifying plague'. Australians who choose to 'chase the European summer' could be putting their health and even their life at risk, experts warn According to the European Centre for Disease Patrol and prevention residents of and travellers to 13 countries including Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, France , Germany , Greece , Hungary , Italy , Malta, Portugal, Romania , Slovenia, and Spain are at serious risk.

The disease-carrying bugs used to arrive with travellers from warmer climates li.