Killer tick-borne brain disease arrives in the UK

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A potentially fatal disease spread to humans through tick bites has been found in the arachnids in the UK for the first time.

The tick-borne encephalitis virus generally produces no, or only mild flu-like symptoms, but sometimes can affect the brain and central nervous system and can occasionally kill.While describing the risk as"very low", Public Health England has confirmed the presence of the disease in Thetford Forest and on the Hampshire-Dorset border.

It is investigating the prevalence of infected ticks, but in general, numbers have been on the rise because of increasing deer populations.They also live on other animals and in undergrowth. It is thought infected ticks could have arrived in the UK on migratory birds.

 

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and who brought it?

Its been to Westminster already I see

After brexit they can't come over with our illegal friends

I'm not going out again , did this come from Pakistan aswell .

Don't panic

BREXIT can't come quick enough!!!!

Arrives makes it sound like it traveled for a holiday.

I for one welcome our immigrant neighbours.

yikes

Who paid for it to come over here? 🤔

Across the English Channel with the economic migrants ?

Cover up, peeps. No rambling in shorts.

Finally some good news

I not got a brain

More killer parasites arriving day by day.

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