Is the UK Ready for Tropical Diseases? West Nile Virus Discovery Raises Concerns
Tropical diseases like dengue and West Nile virus were far-off hazards for decades, limited to warmer climates far from Britain’s temperate coastlines. But this week a startling revelation by the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has disproved that presumption: fragments of West Nile virus (WNV) have been found in UK mosquitoes for the first time. ...
