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Drinking a beer at the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam, after another warm day this year. Mosquitoes almost only sting at dusk. Covering your arms and legs outside will reduce the risk of West Nile virus infection.
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Drinking a beer at the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam, after another warm day this year. Mosquitoes almost only sting at dusk. Covering your arms and legs outside will reduce the risk of West Nile virus infection.
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Drinking a beer at the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam, after another warm day this year. Mosquitoes almost only sting at dusk. Covering your arms and legs outside will reduce the risk of West Nile virus infection.
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Drinking a beer at the Wilhelminakade in Rotterdam, after another warm day this year. Mosquitoes almost only sting at dusk. Covering your arms and legs outside will reduce the risk of West Nile virus infection.
(image anp / Bas Czerwinski)–
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Amersfoort
The West Nile virus is a tropical virus, says Willem Takken, emeritus professor of Entomology at Wageningen University. ‘It comes from Uganda and came to Europe via Egypt and Israel. In the late 1970s, there have already been a few outbreaks in Romania and the south of France. ‘ The virus stayed in Southern Europe for a long time, but since this summer you can also get infected in the Netherlands. Infections were already detected in Germany in 2018. No infections have yet been detected in Belgium.
The mosquito that transmits the West Nile virus in the Netherlands is not a tropical mosquito, but simply the house mosquito, the most common mosquito in the Netherlands. ‘So the virus has adapted to a different mosquito species & rsquo ..
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