A Culex quinquefasciatus mosquito on a human finger in this undated handout photograph from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Just when it seems things couldn't get any worse for Greece, this exhausted and indebted country has a new threat to deal with: mosquito-borne diseases. Species of the blood-sucking insects that can carry exotic-sounding tropical infections like malaria, West Nile Virus, chikungunya and dengue fever are enjoying the extra bit of warmth climate change is bringing to parts of southern Europe. And with austerity budgets, a collapsing health system, political infighting and rising xenophobia all conspiring to allow pest and disease control measures here to slip through the net, the mosquitoes are biting back.HANDOUT/JAMES GATHANY/CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL/Reuters
Toronto health officials are reporting the city's first confirmed human case of West Nile virus this year.
Toronto Public Health says a 68-year-old man contracted the virus in mid-July but was never admitted to hospital for it.
The agency says he is recovering at home.
West Nile is transmitted to humans mainly through mosquito bites, but health officials say the risk of being infected is low and most people who are don't get sick.
Officials say there were 94 human cases of the virus in Toronto last year, up from 28 cases in 2011.
They're urging residents to try to ward off mosquitoes by wearing light-coloured, long-sleeved clothes and using bug repellent.