An aggressive mosquito is spreading in Switzerland and Germany capable of spreading West Nile Virus - by Andreas Illmer
Swiss scientists say a mosquito capable of spreading the deadly West Nile virus has been detected in central Europe for the first time. Researchers at Zurich University say the Asian rock pool mosquito, aedes japonicus, has colonized an area of more than 1,400 square kilometers in central and northern Switzerland and parts of southern Germany. A parasite carried by the mosquito is responsible for West Nile virus, which can infect humans and farm animals with encephalitis, an acute inflammation of the brain that can be fatal.
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