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Thu 6 Sep, 2007 07:48 am
PLANNING TO VISIT RAVANNA AND NORTHERN ITALY ?
don't forget to bring your mosquitoe repellent !
hbg
the BBC reports :
Quote:Mosquito virus arrives in Europe
The virus is transmitted by the mosquito Aedes albopictus
A debilitating tropical virus carried by mosquitoes has become established in Europe for the first time.
The Ministry of Health in Italy has confirmed about 160 cases of chikungunya in the Ravenna region in northern Italy.
Travellers have been advised to protect themselves against mosquito bites.
SOURCE :
VISITING NORTHERN ITALY ?
What tropic did the bug come from Hamburger?
and what is the bug's name?
Well, the viral illness known as chikungunya was found on Indian Ocean island Reunion in 2006; I haven't looked it up further..
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4674376.stm
There's some more about it iin the link Hamburger gave in his post above.
my mom used to make chikungunya and chlep . Real Carpathian soul food.
Good with a nice glass of milk...
That's it, I'm getting on the DDT bandwagon. Where's old what's-his-name?
The mosquitoes of Italy are probably still immune from the last DDT "adaptation sequence" of WWII.
I guess the swamp drainer Mussolini didn't get all the zanzare....
P'dog, was that Gunga? Perhaps he's in that chicken dish...
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