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Expert interview about the spread of West Nile virus in Germany - part 1
Part 1: the West Nile virus in human medicine The West Nile virus belongs to the flaviviruses and occurs in many different regions of the world. The virus is transmitted by different mosquito species. Areas with a high incidence of West Nile virus are mainly located in tropical and subtropical areas. However, now the first human cases of West Nile virus were reported in Germany. Prof. Dr. Jonas Schmidt-Chanasit investigates with his working group at the Bernhard-Nocht-Institute for Tropical Medicine in Hamburg different mosquito-transmitted viruses, called arboviruses. Since the West Nile