Mosquito which carries deadly West Nile virus disease living in Kent marshes more than 70 years after vanishing from UK

A species of mosquito capable of transmitting the deadly West Nile virus to humans has been discovered breeding in Britain for the first time since 1945.

West Nile virus mostly infects birds but can be transmitted from birds to humans by the bites of mosquitoes.

While symptoms usually include fever, skin rash or swollen lymph glands in can prove fatal if it enters the brain.     Read More