Laboratory confirmed cases of West Nile Virus infection (WNV) have been reported in a number of European countries including Albania, Greece, Israel, and Romania. This relates to the novel Guns. Germs, and Steel. In chapter 11, The Lethal Gift of Livestock, Diamond explains that human diseases originated from animals, such as AIDS which originated from African monkeys. This relates to the West Nile Virus which orignates from mosquitoes. In the novel, Diamond explains how microbes are able travel from one person to the next through differet things. With West Nile Virus, it travels through your blood when a mosquito bites you.
