August 27, 2023
veterinary surveillance in Italia has shown the circulation of West Nile fever virus in all the provinces of Lombardy, with the exception of Monza, Lecco, Bergamo and Sondrio.
There are 11 confirmed cases of West Nile as of Monday, August 8 in the Lombardy region. Of these, 4 cases have neurological involvement (serious cases with a hospitalized patient with neurological symptoms such as meningoencephalitis), 3 have fever (non-serious cases, the relevant symptom is fever) and 4 are donors (cases found in asymptomatic donors identified by blood test). blood bag).
In the Lombardy region, there is an integrated human-veterinary surveillance system for West Nile virus circulation. In fact, both infections in mosquitoes (entomological surveillance), both in equines and birds, and obviously infections in humans are monitored.
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More information on West Nile virus in Italy
- 2023. Demonstrated the circulation of the virus in vectors and animals in 14 provinces, belonging to 5 Regions: Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Sicily and Sardinia.
- 2023. August 55 human cases. August 25 cases 2 deaths; July A case in a donor in Parma; June presence of the virus in mosquitoes in Catania and in birds in Varese and Ravenna; May. June Varese and Catania
- 2022. 588 confirmed cases of human infection from summer to fall. 76 of them in Lombardy, with 7 deaths, of which 26 in neuroinvasive form. August 301 cases 15 deaths; July Increase in cases Veneto, Piedmont and Emilia-Romagna
- 2018 It was a year with a historic increase in cases. 618 infections and 49 deaths.
2023-08-27 08:24:09
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