Aussie woman dies after acquiring West Nile virus on European holiday

It's a heads-up for GPs with older patients intent on bucket-list travel, say doctors
Jocelyn Wright
Mosquito

Australia’s second case of imported West Nile virus is a reminder for doctors to be alert for immunocompromised older patients planning travel to endemic destinations, doctors say.

They say that with increasing international travel and climate change affecting mosquito habitat, cases “may well increase”.