Japanese Encephalitis — United Kingdom
A leading conservationist who was left in critical condition with a viral brain infection after a mosquito bite has been flown back to the UK. Highly-respected conservationist Sophie Williams, who lectures at Bangor University [Gwynedd County, North Wales], was left in a coma after she was infected with Japanese encephalitis while working in China in July [2015]. The 31-year-old, of Yorkshire [England], was on a research trip in Asia when she contracted the virus, which is spread through
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