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    Teleorman County in Romania - wikipedia

    28 07 2017

    Medical authorities in Teleorman are on alert after two people have come to hospital West Nile meningitis suspects. It is a 48-year-old woman from Rădeşti commune, and an 18-year-old from Zimnicea.


    The two were hospitalized at Roşiorii de Vede and Bucharest hospitals. Physicians took biological samples that they sent for analysis to the Cantacuzino Institute.

    If this suspicion is confirmed, specific measures will be taken in the county to avoid spreading the disease.

    Last year, 80 people were infected with the West Nile virus from May 1 to September 29, and eight deaths were reported for this, according to a centralizator published on the National Public Health Institute website.

    In 1996, Romania faced the worst West Nile meningitis epidemic in Europe, a disease caused by this virus. Officially, over 300 cases were recorded. The virus is transmitted mainly to birds, but it can also make people sick. For infection to spread to humans, only one sting of a mosquito already infected is sufficient. Finally, the patient's nervous system will suffer. The meninges, the brain's shell, are inflamed. If he receives treatment in a timely manner, the infected person will not be left with any sequelae. Otherwise, even death can be achieved. The most vulnerable are the old.

    Autortăţile medicale din Teleorman sunt ?n alertă, după ce doi oameni au ajuns la spital suspecţi de meningită West Nile.
    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
    Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

    ~~~~ Twitter:@GertvanderHoek ~~~ GertvanderHoek@gmail.com ~~~

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    West Nile virus casualties in Olt

    September 2, 2017

    The Ministry of Health informs that 16 cases of meningitis and meningo-encephalitis with West Nile virus were confirmed at national level between May 9 and August 30, 2017, with six deaths reported.

    Of the 16 people infected with West Nile virus, six died: three in Bucharest and one in Buzau, Braila, Olt. An 80-year-old man in our county lost his life after being infected with this virus.

    In the counties, the situation of West Nile virus infections is as follows: Bucharest -3 cases, Giurgiu, Ilfov and Vrancea 2 cases, and one case in Buzau, Braila, Constanta, Galati, Ialomita, Olt and Sibiu.
    Ministerul Sănătăţii informează că ?n perioada 9 mai – 30 august 2017 au fost confirmate, la nivel naţional, 16 cazuri de meningite şi meningo-encefalite cu virus West Nile, fiind ?nregistrate şase decese. Dintre cele 16 persoane infectate cu virusul virus West Nile, șase au decedat: trei la București și c?te una la Buzău, Brăila, Olt. …
    ?Addressing chronic disease is an issue of human rights ? that must be our call to arms"
    Richard Horton, Editor-in-Chief The Lancet

    ~~~~ Twitter:@GertvanderHoek ~~~ GertvanderHoek@gmail.com ~~~

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