WHO urges caution as West Nile virus spreads across Europe
Health As the West Nile virus transmission season gets underway, the World Health Organization is urging European countries to strengthen mosquito surveillance.
Mosquitoes acquire the West Nile virus by feeding on infected birds and pass it to humans and other animals through bites.
About 20 per cent of infections may cause West Nile fever which is characterised notably by headaches, fever, tiredness, body aches, pain, vomiting, and sometimes a rash.
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