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Austria is also affected by the virus, which mostly infects birds, rarely humans and is transmitted by mosquitoes. “The risk of developing West Nile fever in Austria remains low,” says the Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES).
West Nile virus is transmitted through gel bites. It normally circulates between blood-sucking mosquitoes and birds, which are its “main hosts”. However, people and other mammals, especially horses, can also suffer from it. The virus can no longer get into mosquitoes from people and horses and can therefore not be transmitted to other people or horses.
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The virus has been circulating in Europe since the 1960s, according to the researchers. Of the nine different “lineages” that exist globally, six occur in Europe, while there is only one variant in North America.
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