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

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The epidemiological situation of West Nile virus (WNV) in the Volgograd region 24.08.2012


Volgograd region began epidemiological season on West Nile virus.

West Nile fever - a very dangerous natural focal diseases, registered in the Volgograd region in 1999.

In the 13 years since the activation of a natural focus of WNV in the Volgograd region registered a case of WNV in 1001, of which 52 ended in death. The greatest number of patients registered in Volgograd - 724 cases and Volga - 165 cases.

One of the contributors to the natural focus of WNV is establish a high average temperature of air.

As of 24 August 2012. Volgograd region recorded 129 cases, including 3 deaths.

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Three residents of Volgograd region died of West Nile

August. 26 2012

In the Volgograd region was registered on August 25 third case of death from West Nile. Ill also in other regions of the South of Russia - in the Rostov and Astrakhan regions, Kalmykia, in Adygea.

All are listed in the Volgograd region 129 infected with the virus. Activation of natural focus helps high average temperature and humidity.

, Told the press officer Rospotrebnadzor Volgograd region, 80% of infections occurred in Gorodischenskoe, Sredneakhtubinsky, Michael, Ilovlya, the October and Volga regions, mainly in country houses and villages Vinnovka Mikoyan Sarpinskiy islands and Green, 4-5 Gateway.

In 20% of the mosquitoes were the cause of contamination in the private sector Dzerzhinsky Traktorozavodskogo, Soviet, Voroshilov, Krasnooktyabrskiy, Red Army, and the Kirov district of Volgograd. Currently, patients are being treated, writes "AIF-Volgograd."

According to Rospotrebnadzor in the Rostov region on August 23, the region recorded 17 cases, but no deaths.

"All the patients are now in hospital, their condition is satisfactory." In each of the cases to conduct epidemiological investigation. Some of these people lived in cottages "- said the head of the surveillance Rospotrebnadzor for Rostov region Svetlana Nenadskaya.

She noted that the agency now recommends that all dacha farmers and residents of private homes often change the water, which is stored in barrels in the courts - is the main breeding ground for mosquitoes, except for water - and to enjoy the nature deterrent against mosquitoes. Nenadskaya explained that the main thing now is to reduce the population of mosquitoes and ticks, "for this early in the year from the regional budget allocated 4.4 million rubles, now the governor has ordered an additional 1 million, plus the heads of municipalities also provide funding."

Among the Astrakhan region - 31 people became ill with fever, one of them died. "Reported cases - moderate, with no damage to the central nervous system", - quotes the representative Rospotrebnadzor regional STRC "Stavropol".

Another fatal cases this year occurred in Adygea , which has become a victim of the deadly fever year-old child. He was admitted to hospital with severe is the disease, and the doctors could not save him. The second child of six years recovered.

In Kalmykia, for this summer, only one person, a man aged 63, who lives in Elista, was hospitalized with symptoms of West Nile fever. "At first it was a serious condition, but now doctors say moderate state", - quotes the head of the Republican Rospotrebnadzor Constantine Yashkulova "Interfax".

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This year, one resident of Novosibirsk ill West Nile.

The Deputy Head of Supervision on transport and sanitary protection areas Rospotrebnadzor for VAT Andrew Fedyanin during a press conference on August 27.

He said that in the past two years of the fever cases, doctors are not fixed.

Ill was a young man about 20 years old, resident of Novosibirsk. Tentatively he contracted from a mosquito bite in late May - early June or in Novosibirsk or in Iskitim district, who also attended.

Initially, doctors have suggested the young man encephalitis, because the symptoms are the same disease: fever, headaches, the patient began meningoencephalitis. West Nile virus in men diagnosed after he recovered - in his blood were found antibodies to the virus. Now the man is discharged from hospital.

According to Andrei Fedyanin, almost all of Novosibirsk region is endemic virus, West Nile fever.


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Three residents of the Lipetsk region identified West Nile Virus

27.08.2012, 15:46 , "Rossiyskaya Gazeta" - www.rg.ru

Text: Olga Glazunov ( Lipetsk )

In Lipetsk region recorded three cases of West Nile reported in Rospotrebnadzor the region.

Two children are sick, on holiday in the area Bobrovskoye Voronezh region. Also diagnosed with West Nile fever (WNF) is supplied resident of Lipetsk, which rested in Dobrovsky area.

Two more suspected WNV examined in the Regional Clinical Hospital of Infectious Diseases. All patients reported mosquito bites.

 

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Romania reports 8 neuroinvasive West Nile infections, 1 death

Location: Romania

Event: West Nile

 The Romanian health authorities have reported 8 cases of neuroinvasive infection with West Nile virus during this surveillance season (8
May-31 October 2012.

 All cases were recorded in known “at risk area” for WNV:

 Bucharest city (3 cases),
 Ilfov district (2 cases: 1 confirmed and 1 probable),
 Ialomita district (1 case),
 Braila district (1 case)
 Giurgiu district (1 case).

 The onset of illness was between 31 July and 16 August 2012, with
possible exposure between 16 July 2012 and 13 August 2012. All
patients were hospitalized.

 One case had a severe clinical form and died.

 Mean age is 66.2 years; sexe ratio is 1/1.

 No case has a history of transfusions.

 The patients recognized mosquitos’ bites at home and in the
surroundings. They didn’t use physical or chemical protection against
mosquitoes.

 The local Public Health Authorities recommended population to use
protective measures against mosquitos’ bites. They identified the risks to
human health and notified the local City halls on its obligations regarding
vectors. The National Centre for Surveillance and Control of
Communicable Diseases informed the National Institute of Hematology
for implementing the measures for donors, under Directive 2004/33/EC
on blood safety and blood products from donors."

 Last year, the first human case of
WN Fever in Romania was
reported in July (eWEB n°175). A
total of 11 cases were reported in
2011, most of them in Bucharest
city.

 Among the 27 EpiSouth
countries, 9 reported WNV
circulation in human and/or
equine in 2011 (cf. Note on 2010
& 2011 seasons WNV circulation
in EpiSouth countries).

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The Serbian health authorities reported the 6 first
confirmed human cases ever

Location: Serbia

Event: West Nile

 The Serbian health authorities reported the 6 first
confirmed human cases of West Nile Fever this year.

 These are the first West Nile human cases ever in
Serbia.

 In 2009-2010, a seroprevalence survey among
horses in Serbia showed an 8% seropositivity.

 An equine surveillance system of West Nile was
implemented for the first time in Serbia in 2011.

 WN fever among humans is not a notifiable
disease in Serbia.

EPISOUTH

 

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RUSSIA

31.08.2012

Author: Tatiana Gannitskaya

West Nile virus has intensified in the Volgograd and Voronezh regions

KYIV. August 31. AMN. Volgograd region on August 31, 154 cases of West Nile fever, four of them - fatal, reports "Interfax". As of August 21 the number of cases was 85, of whom two died. Thus, over the past ten days, the number of cases increased by 69 people.

In the Voronezh region the number of cases of West Nile fever has risen to 17 people. Meanwhile, a week ago there were eight cases. In nine cases recorded form of moderate fever, eight - mild. Voronezh CPS notes that all of the patients attributed their illness to a mosquito bite.

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First report from Saratov and Belgorod regions this year; more cases form Lipetsk region.

sept 3, 2012

Four human cases of West Nile In the Saratov region

Four residents of the city of Engels in the Saratov region diagnosis "West Nile Virus (WNV)." All of them were hospitalized, the disease occurs in moderate shape.

As the regional CPS , all patients in August were fishing on the Volga River area and Engels were bitten by mosquitoes, which are the main carriers of WNV infection. Specialists note that the infection is also possible through the bite of infected ticks.

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Two residents of the Belgorod region ill West Nile

In the Belgorod region in August registered two cases of West Nile fever (WNF), told a REGNUM on September 3 in the press service of the regional department of Rospotrebnadzor .

Both patients were on vacation near a pond, a river and were bitten by mosquitoes. The first symptom of the disease in patients was the increase in body temperature to 39 degrees Celsius, which was held for several days. Went to the hospital in the community, the patients were screened for West Nile virus, a diagnosis confirmed virological method.

In CFR 10 cases registered in Lipetsk . Two of them brought children from the Voronezh region, relaxing on vacation in Bobrovskoye area. Another eight people, who have identified the symptoms of WNV does not leave the region.

REGNUM

 

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04 September 2012 |

21 people in Serbia infected with West Nile virus

Belgrade. 21 people are infected with the West Nile virus in Serbia, the local newspaper Vecernje Novosti writes.

One of the infected people died. The information was confirmed by the Institute of Virology Torak. All infected people are admitted to an infectious clinic.

According to epidemiologist Dr. Jelena Obrenovic except for one of the infected people, who lived in Germany, the other patients did not leave Serbia in the past two weeks.

Torak institute has found 12 people probably infected with the West Nile virus. Most of them travelled to Greece, Macedonia and Montenegro.

The virus is transmitted mainly through tiger mosquitoes. It cannot be transmitted from a human to a human, the newspaper reads.

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Italy reports human West Nile infection

sept 4, 2012

First case of indigenous Nile Virus, that contract in our area. It happened in Mirano, where a man of 61 years occurred in early August in the study of their primary care physician complaining of fever and fatigue.

The doctor, Gennaro Di Giovannantonio, environmental expert and coordinator of the Association medical environment (ISDE), he realized that something was wrong and ordered the hospital after finding that what looked like a strong influence (temperature over 40 degrees) was not eradicated. Mirano hospital the patient was subjected to tests, discovering the cause of his illness, the Wne, or West Nile Fever (from the region of Uganda where the virus was isolated for the first time in 1937). The transfer to the infectious and tropical diseases department of the hospital Ca 'Foncello Treviso allowed her to leave immediately with a targeted care. The patient improved and has now been discharged. But the alarm remains. In other cases of Nile Virus recorded in our region in particular consist of patients who had been in the tropics for vacation or work.

The patient Miranese has instead contracted the virus at home, a sign that climate change allow mosquitoes like "Culex" to winter and transmit the disease. Dr. Di Giovannantonio fact appealed to health care institutions, auditors and administrators because it has begun building a sanitation emergency. According to data from epidemiological association "WestNile Europe" in September 2009 in Italy were registered 16 cases with 4 deaths.

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Location of Mirano, near Venice

 

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In Lipetsk region revealed fifteenth case of West Nile virus

In Lipetsk region registered 15 cases of West Nile virus (WNV), the correspondent of IA REGNUM September 5 press service of Rospotrebnadzor the Lipetsk region.

Among infected two children in the summer vacationing in Bobrovsky's Voronezh region. 11 cases among residents of Lipetsk, not to leave the territory of the region (including three children), one - from a resident of the Lipetsk region - one in Hlevenskom area. Two patients reside in the Experimental Station, and two more - in the village. Syrsky mine, four - in the central part of Lipetsk - one in the village. Cottage - one in the area of "Free Falcon", one - in the Tractor Factory . It is not excluded infection in one child Griazinsky district. Currently in hospital stay 12.

Most of the disease occurs in influenza-like form, in two cases there are symptoms of the central nervous system, the disease is moderate to severe.

All patients noted a mosquito bite in the buildings, housing, the residential areas, suburban areas, when leaving the forest.

REGNUM

 

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1 fatality reported.

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West Nile virus, with 37 people registered, but no epidemic

Tanjug | 05 09th 2012th

West Nile virus, carrying tiger mosquito, was confirmed by another 16 persons, so far registered a total of 37 infected, said the Deputy Director of the Clinic for Infectious and Tropical Diseases Olga Dulovic. Competent Minister Slavica Djukic Dejanovic said earlier that there is no danger that it will develop in Serbia with an epidemic caused by West Nile virus carrying tiger mosquitoes.

Dulovic in a statement for Tanjug indicated that it is the data that relate to the period up to the end of August and will eventually increase the number of infected depend on how many mosquitoes in the coming period will be "active".

She previously said she was at the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, twenty patients cared for suspected suffering from viral encephalitis, and in two of them the disease and proven.

As noted, the analysis in some cases take up to two weeks.

Dulovic said that one woman was treated in Pancevo, and then at the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases, died in mid-August after it was diagnosed with this disease.

All infected persons are aged between 52 and 82 years, which is characteristic for the virus, and as added, the Flyers are in the Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases in Belgrade, as well as the departments in other parts of Serbia.

Dulovic was told that citizens have no cause for concern as there are different forms of viral encephalitis, which can be mild and go unnoticed, and sometimes can be very serious and life threatening.

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West Nile virus made its first victim in Romania.

A woman in Ilfov died from complications caused by the virus

Cantacuzino Institute in Romania today confirmed the first death due to West Nile virus infection. A woman in Ilfov, aged 87, who also have heart problems, died from complications caused by West Nile virus infection.

According to officials from the Ministry of Health, quoted by Mediafax, the incidence of West Nile is similar to last year, when 11 people were found infected with the virus.

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See also: Romania reports 8 neuroinvasive West Nile infections, 1 death

Virusul West Nile a făcut prima victimă în România.

O femeie din Ilfov a murit în urma complicaţiilor cauzate de virus

Institutul Cantacuzino a confirmat astăzi primul deces din România din cauza infectării cu virusul West Nile. O femeie din Ilfov, în vârstă de 87 de ani, care avea şi probleme cardiace, a murit în urma unor complicaţii cauzate de infectarea cu virusul West Nile.

Potrivit unor oficiali din Ministerul Sănătăţii, citaţi de Mediafax, incidenţa cazurilor cu West Nile este similară celei de anul trecut, când au fost depistate 11 persoane infectate cu acest virus.


Infecţia cu virusul West Nile, care se transmite foarte uşor printr-o simplă înţepătură de ţânţar, afectează sistemul nervos central, iar manifestările sunt diferite, spun medicii.

La aproximativ 80 la sută dintre cei infectaţi, cu virus West Nile, nu există simptome, în timp ce unele persoane, până la 20 la sută, pot prezenta o formă uşoar? de infecţie, manifestată prin febr?, dureri de cap, dureri de corp, greaţă, vomă şi uneori creşterea în volum a ganglionilor limfatici şi erup?ie cutanat? pe faţa anterioară şi posterioară a toracelui şi abdomenului. Un procent mic de persoane, aproximativ una din 150 de persoane infectate, pot dezvolta forma severă a bolii - meningo-encefalita, manifestată prin febră ridicată, dureri de cap, redoarea cefei, dezorientare, comă, tremor, convulsii, slăbiciune musculară, pierderea vederii, pierderea sensibilităţii şi paralizie, simptomatologie ce poate persista, iar afectarea neurologică poate lăsă sechele.

 

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CROATIA

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West Nile virus: 65-year old patient was infected in Vojvodina

The first probable case in Croatia fever caused by West Nile virus was recorded in a patient from Slavonski Brod, confirmed tonight at a press conference the directors of the General Hospital in Slavonski Brod and the Department of Public Health and Posavina board.

In Slavonia-ship General Hospital in early August he was admitted 65-year old man. West Nile virus was found in patients during the tests that were supposed to determine why the man was given an inflammation of the brain and meningitis, it said.

"Today is a viral diagnosis was performed in the Department of mikrobilogiju Croatian Institute of Public Health. Results of the analysis indicated a probable West Nile virus infection, which is yet to be confirmed with additional tests in a reference laboratory. Were patients who stayed in Vojvodina, in Backa the end of July, "said Anthony Cvitkovic director of the County Department of Public Health.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2012

Three West Nile virus victims in Serbia

SOURCE: TANJUG

BELGRADE -- Three elderly persons have so far died of West Nile virus in Serbia, Clinic for Infective and Tropical Diseases Deputy Director Olga Dulović has said.


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

Dulović said on Wednesday that another 16 persons have been infected with tiger mosquito-carried West Nile virus, so the total number of infected was 37.

Dulović said these were data relating to the period until end of August and that possible increase in the number of West Nile patients will depend on how much mosquitoes will be "active" in the coming days.

She said earlier that around 20 patients had been hospitalized at the clinic with symptoms that suggest a possible encephalitis infection, and added that it had been proved that two of them were indeed infected with the virus and that it sometimes takes up to two weeks to get lab test results.

Dulović said that people in Serbia have no reason for concern, since there are different forms of viral encephalitis that could be mild and pass unnoticed, although they can sometimes be very serious and life-threatening.

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West Nile virus in Hungary, 2 human cases reported

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2012th September 7, Friday 12:56

For years, appeared in Hungary in the West Nile virus, which killed three people in Serbia. This year, both at home in two cases, observed Csongrád second half of August and Hajdú-Bihar county.

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The National Public Health Service announced that Hungary regularly diagnosed with the disease. In 2008, for example, nineteen, in 2009, seven in 2010 - not fifteen , but - twenty, in 2011, four cases were recorded, depending on the conditions such as rainfall or temperature much helped or hindered the mosquitoes growth. This year's dry summer weather was not conducive to this.

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The epidemiological situation of West Nile virus (WNV) in the Volgograd region, the 09/07/2012

Volgograd region began epidemiological season on West Nile virus.

West Nile fever - a very dangerous natural focal diseases, registered in the Volgograd region in 1999.

In the 13 years since the activation of a natural focus of WNV in the Volgograd region registered a case of WNV in 1001, of which 52 ended in death. The greatest number of patients registered in Volgograd - 724 cases and Volga - 165 cases.

One of the contributors to the natural focus of WNV is establish a high average temperature of air.

As at 7 September 2012. Volgograd region recorded 178 cases of WNV disease, including 4 deaths.

In 80% of cases of WNV infection occurred in the wild in Gorodischenskoe, Sredneakhtubinsky, Michael, Ilovlya, Oktyabrsky district, Volga and mainly in cottages Vinnovka n, n Mikoyan about. Sarpinskiy about. Green, 4-5 Gateway.

In 20% of cases, the victims reported mosquito bites on a residence in the private sector Dzerzhinsky Traktorozavodskogo, Soviet, Voroshilov, Krasnooktyabrskiy, Red Army, the Kirov district of Volgograd.

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The number of cases of West Nile fever in the Lipetsk region increased to 19

Nineteenth case of West Nile virus (WNV) was detected in the Lipetsk region, told a REGNUM September 10 press service of the regional administration Rospotrebnadzor .

Two cases are diagnosed in children, summer vacationing in Bobrovskoye district of Voronezh region, 13 cases among residents of Lipetsk, not to leave the territory of the region, including the three children. Have been identified in Lipetsk, Hlevenskom, Dobrinsky areas, and in the Experimental Station, pos. Syrsky mine, pos. Summer, in the "Free Falcon" in the Tractor Factory in other parts of Lipetsk. It is not excluded infection in one child Griazinsky district.


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In Astrakhan Region 55 people became ill with West Nile fever, two died

55 cases of West Nile reported in the Astrakhan region in two months - in the period from July 2 to September 6, the correspondent of IA REGNUM press service Rospotrebnadzor .

30 cases were registered in Astrakhan, and a few cases in Znamenskoye in Liman, Enotaevsky, Ikryaninsky, Kamyzyaksky, Harabalinskom, Volodarsky, Krasnoyarsk, Narimanov and Volga regions. Recorded seven imported cases of the disease - from Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Krasnodar, Volgograd region and out of Grozny.

In 73% of patients present with the disease was moderate with no damage to the central nervous system (CNS), in 16.4% of cases, there is a severe course of the disease. Registered two cases of death - the residents Liman district and the city of Astrakhan. Age of cases - from three to 77 years, children under the age of 14 years were 13 cases.


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Last week the first suspected West Nile patient was reported in Croatia.

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Three infections with West Nile virus suspected in Osijek

Zagreb, 10 September (STA) - Croatia recorded three possible infection with West Nile virus, the Croatian National Institute of Public Health announced today.

New cases of suspected infection in three patients, aged between 48 and 76 years and are currently in the hospital in Osijek. While the Croatian otherwise have not officially confirmed the first suspected of being infected with West Nile virus.

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