Two Struck With West Nile Virus In Hungary

  • 10 Sep 2010 1:00 AM
Two Struck With West Nile Virus In Hungary
"Two Hungarians are being treated in hospital after contracting the West Nile Virus, epidemic specialist Katalin Krisztalovics announced.

She said the disease spread by some types of mosquito has appeared in Hungary every year since 2003 in areas where migratory birds congregate. The virus is not contagious among human beings."

Source: Hungary Around the Clock.

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