Europe - West Nile Fever Outbreaks 2020 - Media reports

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Spain - Third deceased in Seville from the Nile virus

The number of positive samples is reduced by 3 compared to this Thursday and by another 3 that of admitted

28 08 2020

A 70-year-old man who was admitted to the ICU of the Virgen del Roc?o Hospital in Seville is the third death from the Nile virus , whose affected people have dropped to 47, as reported by the Andalusian Ministry of Health this Friday.

This department has reported that the number of 47 affected is divided into the number of those who have given positive samples for Nile fever, which are 33 , but have not tested positive in all the clinical parameters subjected to analysis, while the other 14 are fully confirmed .


There are 14 patients admitted to hospitals, while yesterday Thursday they were 17 , and six of them are kept in the ICU, the same number as yesterday. So far, three people have died in Seville from the virus, since previously the death of an 85-year-old woman and a 77-year-old man was registered .

This outbreak of the Nile virus is the largest that has been recorded in Andalusia , which is attributed to the 30% increase in mosquitoes in the wetlands of the Do?ana National Park and the Guadalquivir River near La Puebla and Coria del Rio, the Sevillian populations in which it has been detected.

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Italy - A man who died of Nile fever in the Cremona area

Eighty year old deceased, another patient comes out of intensive care

ANSA) - MILAN, AUGUST 31 - An 80-year-old man died of Nile fever at the Maggiore hospital in Cremona. To reveal it to the Province of Cremona is the head of Pneumology Giancarlo Bosio. After him, a seventy-year-old was hospitalized after mid-August in intensive care but his conditions have improved and he is now in pneumology.

"The patient is better and we are starting to think about the rehabilitation program" he explained adding that "this year he is the second patient with this fever. Unfortunately, before him an eighty-year-old was hospitalized who did not make it".

These are not the only cases in the area already hit by the Coronavirus epidemic since February: several patients have also been hospitalised.

"There is no link with Covid, except for the fact that there is no cure for that either", Bosio pointed out. It is a virus that does not normally cause major problems, but in one out of 150 cases it causes neurological diseases.

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Romania - A man from Galaţi died after being diagnosed with a new coronavirus infection, but also West Nile meningitis

Author: Remus Vlad, Editor

Published: 03/09/2020 16:11


A 49-year-old man from Galaţi died of coronavirus infection, as well as West Nile meningitis. He was diagnosed at the Buzău County Hospital, but died at the "Victor Babeş" Hospital in the Capital, where he was transferred, in serious condition, announces news.ro.

According to the Buzău Public Health Directorate, the 49-year-old man from Galaţi was brought to the Emergency Reception Unit of the Buzău County Hospital, with suspected encephalitis. He was tested and diagnosed with West Nile virus meningoencephalitis. He was later tested for coronavirus, which also tested positive.

The patient's condition worsened, so the doctors decided to transfer him to the "Victor Babeş" Hospital in Bucharest. In this hospital, the man from Galaţi died.

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Four autochthonous infections

Infected with the West Nile virus in Germany



At least four people were infected with the West Nile virus in Germany in August 2020. One fear seems to be coming true: The virus will probably establish itself in this country.

Published: 04.09.2020

Berlin. In mid-August, autochthonous infections with the West Nile virus (WNV) in humans were reported in Germany. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) ( Epi Bull 36/2020 )reports that WNV-infected animals have been reported in the regions in central-eastern Germany that are affected by WNV circulation between mosquitoes and birds since July. So far, all human infections have been people who have tested positive as part of a blood or plasma donation.

The National Reference Center for Tropical Infections at the Bernhard Nocht Institute for Tropical Medicine has so far confirmed four findings as WNV infections by sequencing, in contrast to the Usutu virus and other flaviviruses. According to the RKI, further suspected cases are still being clarified.

If the encephalitis is unclear, consider WNV!

It was only last year that five suspected mosquito-borne autochthonous human WNV infections were identified in Germany for the first time . The patients became ill at the end of August / beginning of September, and the diagnosis was made when their illness was clarified. WNV-infected blood donors were not known in 2019.

The RKI had already warned in 2019 of the further spread of WNV in Germany and asked doctors to consider possible infections with the West Nile virus in the future in the event of unclear encephalitis.

The institute reinforces this warning once more: Doctors should especially in summer and late summer and in areas with known WNV circulation in animals (especially in eastern Germany: Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg, Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; but also Bavaria and Hamburg) initiate a WNV diagnosis in people with etiologically unclear encephalitis and in local clusters of patients with fever of unclear origin (with or without a rash), even if the people have no travel history.

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Italy - West Nile fever: the first infection in Monferrato

It is asymptomatic

That of the West Nile Virus, the so-called "Nile Fever", the virus that has mosquitoes as a vector, is a theme that, in recent weeks, after the first case in the province of Alexandria, is at the attention of our chronicles and, likewise, of the local political agenda. Apparently, however, it would appear to be destined to stay there. In fact, there would be the first case of contagion in Monferrato: it would be an asymptomatic person residing in the Moncalvese areas.

The news follows another positive finding, dating back to the beginning of August, when the virus was found in a magpie captured in the municipality of Rosignano.

Monitoring the entomological spread of the virus is Ipla, the subsidiary company of the Region that coordinates the treatments for the fight against mosquitoes, which carries out entomological surveillance shifts of the season by Ipla for "the identification of the circulation of West Nile viruses and Usutu ?in Monferrato. In recent days, for example, in a large area of Piedmont, "232 specimens have been captured grouped in 25 pools that will be analyzed by the IZS of Turin".

report on "Il Monferrato" on Friday 4 September

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Nine people in Saxony and Berlin infected with the West Nile Virus

sept 10, 2020

According to the Robert Koch Institute (RKI), the West Nile virus (WNV) has been detected in nine people in Saxony and Berlin.

Evidence was provided in seven people affected in Leipzig after they showed symptoms of an illness, as the RKI announced on Thursday. In one person each from Berlin and Mei?en, the infection was discovered when testing blood or plasma donations. According to the information, there are further suspected cases in both Leipzig and Berlin.

It was also said that among those affected, for example, a 76-year-old man developed encephalitis, two other patients - a 32-year-old woman and 85-year-old man - meningitis, both inflammatory diseases of the brain. The investigations into the beginning of the illness and the exact place of infection of the patients are still ongoing.

None of those affected reported a trip, so that infections acquired in Germany are assumed. In addition, it is expected that there will likely have been further infections in August, especially in Leipzig, but also in the other affected regions, but where there were no or no serious symptoms.

The West Nile virus is a pathogen originating in Africa. In addition to birds, infected mosquitoes can also infect mammals - especially horses - and humans. There have been such cases for several years, especially in southern Europe.

So far there is no vaccine for humans. Infection often goes without symptoms. When illnesses occur, they are often associated with flu-like symptoms such as headache, chills, or vomiting.

In 2019 there were five diagnosed human infections in eastern Germany for the first time, which were probably due to a domestic transmission - in Berlin, Saxony-Anhalt and Saxony. The RKI considers infections to be permanently possible in Germany.

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Flamingos died of the West Nile virus in Halle Zoo

Status: 09.09.2020

Hall (dpa / sa) - Two flamingos infected with the West Nile virus died in Halle Zoo. "The virus was detected in various bird species in the city for the first time in 2018 and 2019," announced the city of Halle on Wednesday. Two flamingos have now been infected. Other animals in the zoo are not sick. There are no restrictions for zoo visitors. The virus, which originally came from Africa, is transmitted by mosquitoes. According to the information, mainly birds, but also horses and humans, are affected by the infection. In humans, the infection is mostly normal or mild.

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The West Nile virus arrives in Catalonia: they confirm a case in an Amposta horse
sept 9, 2020

It was detected by the surveillance program carried out by DARP and IRTA, in coordination with the Department of Health

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In Ukraine, recorded the first infected with West Nile fever

09 09 2020

In the Zenkovsky district of the Poltava region, the first case in Ukraine of West Nile fever was recorded.

According to the press service of the Center for Public Health of Ukraine, the patient's temperature rose to 39 degrees. The man also complained of muscle weakness and aching. After being examined by a doctor, he was hospitalized.

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The outbreak of the Nile virus extends to C?diz

Andalusia confirms four hospitalized positives, which are added to the 24 cases already detected in Seville. The outbreak emerged in mid-August in the Bajo Guadalquivir region

09/12/2020

The outbreak of 'Virus del Nile' detected in mid-August in several municipalities along the Guadalquivir has made the leap to C?diz . The Ministry of Health confirmed this Saturday the existence of four positive cases , with a medical picture of meningoencephalitis, which remain admitted to the Puerto Real Hospital. One of them is being treated in the Intensive Care Unit for septic shock.

These cases are added to the 24 already confirmed in the province of Seville, where there are another seven possible infected pending tests.

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Health confirms a positive case of the Nile virus in Alcal? de los Gazules

The City Council of Alcal? de los Gazules has reported that

a case of positive meningoencephalitis has been recorded

in Nile virus, as confirmed by the Territorial Delegation of Health.

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Germany - Current situation West Nile virus


14.09.2020 Short messages

This year the West Nile Virus ( WNV ) appears again in the regions of Eastern Germany from which cases were reported in the two previous years. Since the beginning of July, the National Reference Laboratory for West Nile Virus Infections has confirmed the disease in 32 zoo and wild birds and 7 horses. One horse has so far died as a result of the infection.

Affected federal states are Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Saxony and Thuringia. There were already WNV certificates in animals in 2018 and / or 2019 . Further cases of illness in birds and horses can be expected in the next few weeks. Horse owners should follow the vaccination recommendations of the Standing Vaccination Commission for Veterinary Medicine ( StIKo Vet ).

The Robert Koch Institute ( RKI ) also reported a number of human infections; 7 WNV records were determined for Leipzig alone , see Epidemiological Bulletin 37/2020 at www.rki.de.

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Extremadura notifies its first case of Nile virus: the victim, a 52-year-old woman

Once the case is confirmed, the epidemiological surveillance protocol has been started to identify possible places where the disease may have been contracted.

23 September, 2020

Extremadura has notified this Wednesday its first case of West Nile virus (FVNO) fever, in a 52-year-old woman living in Valdetorres, of the M?rida Health Area, although her tax address and health card belong to Don Benito.

The patient began symptoms of fatigue and muscle aches that led to her admission to the Don Benito Villanueva hospital on the 12th due to a fever of 40 degrees Celsius, an episode of viral meningitis was diagnosed and after an improvement she was discharged on the 18th .

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Spread of the West Nile virus in Germany: first case in horses in Lower Saxony

01/10/2020 Short messages

So far this year , the National Reference Laboratory ( NRL ) for West Nile virus infections has confirmed evidence of West Nile virus in 54 zoo and wild birds and 16 horses. Another 3 horses are currently being investigated. Four horses have so far died as a result of the infection.

Most cases in birds and horses were confirmed in the already known affected regions of eastern Germany. In addition, WNV infection was also detected in sick and / or dead zoo and wild birds for the first time in the state of Thuringia . A new entry in the federal state of Lower Saxony, district of Helmstedt, was confirmed in a clinically diseased horse with neurological symptoms. Cases of disease in birds in this region are not yet known.

The virus is thus showing a tendency to spread in 2020 compared to the previous year. Further cases of illness in birds and horses are to be expected in the next few weeks. Horse owners should follow the vaccination recommendations of the Standing Vaccination Commission for Veterinary Medicine ( StIKo Vet ).

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Patient is infected with West Nile virus in Berlin

oct 13, 2020

Another case of West Nile fever has occurred in the capital. So far there is no vaccine against the tropical disease that is transmitted by mosquitoes.

Berlin - One person was infected with the West Nile Virus (WNV) in Berlin. As Charit? virologist Christian Drosten confirmed on Twitter, the person had not traveled, so did not get infected anywhere else.

Only in September there were several WNV cases in Berlin and Saxony . The Robert Koch Institute stated at the time that it considered infections in Germany to be permanently possible.