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Travellers have been urged to take precautions after cases surged to a record high.

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The virus was first detected in 1952 in Tanzania and has historically been confined to tropical regions, where millions of infections occur each year.

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EXCLUSIVE: Campaigners have warned that several nasty 'global diseases' are on the rise.

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One of the first symptoms is a high temperature

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Researchers believe mosquitoes in a part of Brazil where they would once have targeted a wide variety of creatures to feed on may be finding new human targets.

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The EastEnders and Gavin and Stacey star 'felt like I was dying'

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Health officials in southern Spain have detected a potentially deadly virus.

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There have been seven confirmed cases of the virus among UK residents.

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Experts have warned that the insects pose a "significant public health threat".

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Spanish authorities are carrying out pest control due to the outbreak of West Nile Virus.

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