Source: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...r-first-678382
9 Feb 2012 00:00
Deadly mosquito found in the UK for first time since the 1940s
A mosquito carrying a deadly virus has arrived in Britain.
The insect, culex modestus, bears the West Nile virus which causes flu-like symptoms and inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
It has been found breeding in the marshes of north Kent and south Essex over the past two years ? the first sighting of the insect in the UK since the 1940s...
9 Feb 2012 00:00
Deadly mosquito found in the UK for first time since the 1940s
A mosquito carrying a deadly virus has arrived in Britain.
The insect, culex modestus, bears the West Nile virus which causes flu-like symptoms and inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
It has been found breeding in the marshes of north Kent and south Essex over the past two years ? the first sighting of the insect in the UK since the 1940s...
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