Human cases of West Nile fever in Europe and neighbouring countries - 2012

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sept 18, 2012

Ukraine reports first human cases of West Nile virus this year

In Ukraine, the areas with West Nile virus (WNV) are defined territory in 70 settlements of 18 regions. This was the first deputy chairman of the State Sanitary and Epidemiological Service of Ukraine Oleksandr Kravchuk.

Over the period 2006-2011. Registered 44 cases of WNV disease: in Zaporozhye region - 29 (including 1 ended lethally), Donetsk - 10, Nicholas - 2, Kherson, Poltava, Kharkiv (imported from Greece) one by one, According to UNN .

Most cases were reported in 2008 and 2011 (in 11 cases).

Reportedly, among the recorded cases in 2011, five were in the Zaporozhye region, Donetsk - 3 (including 1 imported from Greece), Nicholas - 2, Poltava - 1.

For 7 months of 2012 registered 3 cases among adults, all of Poltava region and 10-year-old child from Poltava.

According to Kravchuk, all cases related to the bites of mosquitoes - carriers of the infectious agent during the execution of the work on the farm in the territories of home gardens, in the community, while in the rivers and lakes.

Most often, for the period from 2006 recorded cases of West Nile fever in Zaporozhye - 50%, Donetsk - 22% and Poltava - 11% of areas.

In all reported cases, the victims SES fever were citizens of Ukraine and in almost all cases, infection occurred in Ukraine, except in one case where an infected woman from Donetsk Snow could happen in Greece.

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Gazeta

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West Nile virus claimed its first victim in Kosovo

Pristina, 20 September (STA) - West Nile virus carried by mosquitoes, is called the first fatality in Kosovo (a woman, ed), two men are in the hospital and to be infected with this virus are reported in Pristina on Wednesday, reports AFP .

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Situation report

Cases of West Vile virus infection continue to be reported from around Europe and North Africa.

Cases of the disease have been reported in Croatia (5 probable cases), Kosovo (1 confirmed case, 2 suspected cases) and Serbia (3 deaths, 35 hospitalised) for the first time this year.

Five cases of West Nile virus infection have been confirmed in Italy.

A 73-year old Belgian woman has been infected with West Nile virus while travelling in Macedonia. She has been repatriated to Belgium and remains in a coma in hospital.

One further death and two suspected cases have been reported from Macedonia.

n Tunisia 3 confirmed cases of West Nile virus infection have been reported, bringing the number of confirmed cases in Tunisia this year to 4. Six further cases of suspected infection are being investigated.

Source: Daily Alert

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21 SEP 12 / 13:59:07

West Nile Virus Claims Several Balkan Victims

An outbreak of the virus is reported to have killed half a dozen people in the region so far.

A woman aged 53 in Skopje, Macedonia, died of the West Nile virus on Friday, the Institute for Public Health in Skopje announced.

She was the sixth fatal victim of the mosquito-borne virus in the Balkans, where several dozen others have been hospitalized in the past month, according to officials in Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia.

On Thursday, a woman aged 50 died from the virus in central Kosovo, the head of Kosovo's Institute for Public Health said.

The victim was hospitalized on September 6 in a critical condition and died on September 14.

Three elderly persons have died of the West Nile virus in Serbia, health officials there said.

Apart from viral encephalitis, the patients had other health complications, Serbia's Tanjug news agency reported on Thursday, adding that all three died last month, but that it "took time to determine through analyses that the cause of death was really viral encephalitis".

Five infections have been reported in Croatia, but no deaths.

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Incidence of West Nile fever in Lipetsk has declined

The situation with the incidence of West Nile virus (WNV) in Lipetsk improved. The correspondent of IA REGNUM reported on September 21, the press service of the city hall.

As the deputy chairman of the Department of Health Tatiana Kremneva the last seven days in the regional center revealed three Lipetsk residents diagnosed with WNV that four cases less than the previous week. Currently, eight of the citizens are being treated in a hospital city infectious hospital, five of them with meningitis. Extreme cases of ill not, and treatment is with positive dynamics.

In total, the regional center there were 30 patients with WNV. Doctors continue to monitor the situation. These new centers are transferred to the Department of Housing for epidemic control measures.



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Human WNV from Ukraine, Bulgaria, Turkey, Egypt not reported by ECDC yet.

See also: Ukraine reports first human cases of West Nile virus this year

25.09.2012

More human West Nile fever reported from Ukraine

12 Poltavtsev ill West Nile this year. In Ukraine, it has spread to 70 villages. Sanvrachi say, often suffer in Zaporizhia, Donetsk, Mykolayiv and Poltava regions.

- Once the temperature soared to 39 degrees, - says 57-year-old Olga Poltavka. Name does not name. A few weeks ago, had the disease. - I could not drive around the eyes, barely blinked because terrible headache. Valilo from weakness to the ground, as if to take energy. Lay all the time. When to get up - my head was spinning, the carrier of the room.
Decided that a cold. She was treated at home. Temperature could not knock month.

- Saw nimesil. Fever subsided a bit, and again in the evening to catch up. Head popped in the forehead. Thought sinusitis. Went to Laura, a neurologist. All clear. Give blood - and there is some kind of infection. Put in the infectious ward, gave antibiotics. Does a lot of biochemical analysis, spent from 1000 hryvnia. A few days later said the diagnosis - West Nile Virus. The doctor reassured that it is treated. When discharged, there was a slight fever. Said, so there may be several months. Calls from sanepidemstantsii, said that it is from a mosquito bite. They can not stand the summer clothes in Kuta. We see one still climbed.

In Poltava infectious hospital tell, most infections in the spring and summer. Also often bring the virus from Egypt, Turkey, Romania, Bulgaria and Russia.

Джерело: <a href="http://gazeta.ua/ru/articles/health-newspaper/457420">Gazeta.ua</a>

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September 28, 2012

One-year-old child affected by West Nile fever

MACEDONIA

A one-year-old child is a new case with West Nile fever, communicated by the Ministry of Health.

The child was hospitalized at the Clinic for children's diseases, with fever and increased body temperature, with a milder form of the disease without severe complications, such as meningitis and encephalitis.

According to data obtained from the Institute of Public Health, a total of five laboratory analysis, provided by the Pediatric Clinic, four were negative, while a positive result West Nile fever.

Otherwise, Infectious Diseases Clinic still treating two ipolgodishnoto child, who remains in serious condition, while the other two parties, ie seven-year-old child and an elderly man, after successful treatment are released home.

So far in Macedonia two died as a result of the virus.

Makfax

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MACEDONIA

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Oct 02, 2012

Two and a half year old child died , affected by West Nile fever

Died two ipolgodishnoto girl affected by West Nile fever, which is the third victim of the virus in Macedonia, confirmed "Makfax" Preventive Health Care Department of the Ministry of Health.

For now, as informed from there, no new confirmed cases of the virus.

Official information about the case of the Ministry of Health announced during the day.

So far in Macedonia registered three cases (4 ?, ed) of West Nile fever, three of which with deadly consequences.

Makfax

See also: previous post

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HELLENIC CENTRE FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (HCDCP-KEELPNO)
MINISTRY OF HEALTH
WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL REPORT
WEST NILE VIRUS INFECTION, GREECE, 2012
- 5 Oct. 2012 -
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From the beginning of 2012 until 5/10/2012 (16:00), 157 laboratory diagnosed cases of WN infection have been reported to KEELPNO and 13 deaths, of which 106 presented with neuro-invasive disease (encephalitis and/or meningitis and/or acute flaccid paralysis) and 51 cases with mild symptoms (febrile syndrome) (Table 1).Two more imported cases of WNV infections have been diagnosed in Greece in June and September 2012.
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http://www.keelpno.gr/Portals/0/Files/English%20files/WNV%20reports%202012/Report_WNV_Weekly_2012_10_05.pdf

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EPISOUTH

Location: Tunisia Event: West Nile

On 5th October 2012, the Ministry of Health in Tunisia reported to EpiSouth 8 new human confirmed cases of West Nile virus among patients hospitalised from 9th to 28th September 2012.

To date, a total of 15 confirmed WNV cases in human has been reported in 2012, including (cf. map 1): o 2 cases in Monastir governorate (Ksar Helal and Zarmedine) o 5 cases in Kebili (North Kebili, Kebili and Souk Lahad) o 8 cases including 1 death in a 69 years old man in Gabes governorate (El Menara, Gabes, Mareth and Zarat) Another probable case from Jendouba was positive for West Nile, but this case presented underlying pathologies including zona and immunodepression, which could question de diagnosis. Further investigations are in process for this case.

The last WNV human cases reported in Tunisia dated from 18th September 2012 (cf. eWEB n&#176; 235).

Since 2010, Tunisia is reporting West Nile virus cases (cf. Note on 2010 & 2011 seasons WNV circulation). - In 2010, 3 cases were reported (Jendouba and Tataouine) - In 2011, 3 cases were reported (Kebili, cf. eWEB n&#176; 189) - In 2012, 15 cases were reported (Monastir, Kebili and Gabes governorates) .

The increasing number of reported cases in 2012 compared to 2010 and 2011 in addition to the geographical extension to new areas is likely to indicate a stronger WNV dynamic in Tunisia this year.

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According to the latest update from ECDC, 45 WNV cases were confirmed this year in Serbia.


WEST NILE VIRUS - EURASIA (13): AUSTRIA ex SERBIA
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Date: 13 Oct 2012
From: Stephan Aberle [edited]



West Nile virus Lineage 2 infection in an Austrian traveller imported from Serbia
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An Austrian woman of 65 years travelled to Serbia to spend the summer with her relatives living close (28 km [17 mi]) to Beograd. Within the last 3 weeks before onset of disease she stayed only in this region, the surroundings of Beograd.

On 7 Sep 2012 she developed fever with general malaise and because of neurological symptoms -- that is, seizures and altered mental status, she was hospitalized on 14 Sep 2012 in Beograd, Serbia (Klinika za infektivne i tropske bolesti). Clinical and laboratory findings (CSF 290 cells/microliter, 99 per cent lymphocytes) indicated a viral meningoencephalitis and infection with West Nile virus (WNV) was suspected.

On 21 Sep 2012 the patient was transferred to the Kaiser Franz Josef Hospital in Vienna, Austria. A blood sample taken on 23 Sep 2012 (16 days after onset of symptoms) was highly WNV IgM and IgG antibody positive (InBios ELISA). The infection with WNV was confirmed by detection of WNV RNA in blood as well as in urine taken on 25 Sep 2012 (18 days after onset of symptoms) using both real time and nested PCR. The sequence analyses of a 408bp long PCR fragment from the structural protein region revealed an infection with WNV lineage 2, closely related to published strains from Greece in 2010 and Italy in 2011. The neurological condition of the patient improved significantly and she will be discharged from hospital within the next days.

This imported case of WNV lineage 2 was reported to the Austrian and European health authorities.

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Dr Stephan W Aberle, Dr Karin Stiasny, Dr Franz X Heinz
Department of Virology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria
National Reference Center for Flaviviruses

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GREECE

Virus cases on the wane


Cases of infection with West Nile virus, which is carried by mosquitoes, and malaria, which had been spreading in recent years, have dropped significantly in recent weeks following an extended crackdown by health authorities, Kathimerini understands.

Only two new cases of West Nile have been diagnosed since the end of September, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO), which reported 11 cases of malaria this year as compared to 40 in the same period in 2011.

As for West Nile virus, which can cause encephalitis, KEELPNO said 161 infections were recorded this year, 16 of which proved to be fatal.

Monday October 22, 2012

Ekathimerini

KEELPNO (English)

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Date: 23/10/2012

38 people sick of West Nile in the Voronezh region

Cases of little known virus in Russia recorded more often

From 17 August to 19 October, in the Voronezh region 38 individuals developed West Nile fever. This was " FederalPress "the press-service of Rospotrebnadzor.

Among the cases, more than half live in the Voronezh, four residents - in Semiluki area, four more - at Kalacheevskogo. Three residents live in Rossosh area, one man - in Novousmansky, Khokholsky, Boguchar, Liskinskom, Povorino, Ostrogorzhkom, Kantemirovskaya. All cases are laboratory confirmed by enzyme immunoassay.

21 people have the disease are mild, the other 17 - moderate. Most of the casualties associated with their disease of mosquito bites in different parts of the region. A month ago it was reported that infected 30 people, now it is clear that this number is growing.

Earlier " FederalPress "has already reported 210 cases in the Volgograd region. Then, four cases have been fatal.

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Tunisia: 3 deaths and 32 cases of infection due to West Nile virus

Published 2012-10-26

TUNIS, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) - A case of death due to the virus of "West Nile" was recorded Thursday in Jendouba (northwest Tunisia), in addition to 32 cases of infection on any the territory of the country, announced on Thursday to the press the Regional Director of the Tunisian Ministry of Health Mr. Zouheir Bali.

This virus is transmitted to humans mainly through a type of mosquito, the "Culex" and migratory birds are the main factors for the spread of the virus and play an important role in its dissemination.

According to the official Tunisian local authorities are deploying to handle the situation by providing field followed by positioning of this type of mosquitoes.

Ms. Suha Bougatf (doctor) intervened to explain this saying that "this virus existed in Tunisia over the past few years, before the competent authorities put in place a strategy specific to this scourge."

Generally, she said, the symptoms of this virus are summarized in a relative rise in temperature accompanied by some pain.

For this year, the infections were spread over six regions of Tunisia, with already two other deaths in Gab?s (South-east) and K?bili (Southwest).

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First case of West Nile fever in Sweden

65-year-old man infected in Serbia for the first time viral disease West Nile fever detected in a person in Sweden - but the SMI does not see the disease as a major threat.

PUBLISHED OCTOBER 25, 2012 -:59

It was during a vacation trip to Serbia as a 65-year-old man from SWE became infected West Nile fever.

- He was infected sometime in July-August and came to us in early September after he was admitted to hospital in Serbia. Then he showed common signs of encephalitis, such as confusion, but the fever had made with them, says Marie Studahl, senior physician at the Department of Infectious Diseases, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, the Swedish Television News.

Not yet asymptomatic
After a total of one month's treatment in a hospital in Serbia and Sweden, the man still symptoms.

It's only after a long time, a couple of months, as you can tell if he will make a full recovery, says the doctor.

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