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| More Immigrants Cause Problems in Britain (& global warming tie-in) | |
| 2007-09-23 | |
| Bluetongue disease, a virus that has killed livestock across Europe, has been found in the UK for the first time - in a cow at a farm in Suffolk. There have been nearly 3,000 cases in Northern Europe since July, which had fuelled fears of its UK arrival. Cattle, sheep, goats and deer can be infected, but the insect-borne virus is not thought to pose a risk to humans. Bluetongue disease is transmitted by the Culicoides imicola midge. It is passed from animal to midge, and from midge to animal, but is not transmitted from animal to animal. The virus has long blighted Africa, but in recent years has begun to spread northwards into Europe. Some scientists believe that climate change could be behind its spread, as warmer temperatures have seen the biting insects gradually move north.
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| Posted by:Glenmore |
| #1 "The virus has long blighted Africa, but in recent years has begun to spread northwards into Europe on the clothes and in the luggage of 'immigrants.'" There - fixed. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2007-09-23 00:11 |