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Italy: 2025 West Nile - 49 deaths

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West Nile virus, two deaths in Lazio. The number of victims rises to 12


Two people have died from the West Nile virus in Lazio. They are an 84-year-old man, residing in Latina and an 87-year-old woman, from Cassino. The number of deaths due to the virus in the region thus rises to 12.
Two victims in Lazio

The elderly man, a resident of Latina, died on August 10 at the Santa Maria Goretti hospital. The patient was suffering from lymphocytic leukemia and following post-death tests, he was confirmed positive for the virus. The other victim is an 87-year-old woman from Cassino with multiple pathologies, who arrived in the emergency room on August 17 and died last night, Tuesday August 19. There are thus twelve deaths from West Nile virus in the region.
Eight new cases

In Lazio, the analyzes carried out by the Virology laboratory of the Spallanzani - Institute of Hospitalization and Scientific Care, compared to the update of last August 18, have certified 8 new cases. Two of them with neurological syndrome and 5 cases with West Nile virus fever. An asymptomatic donor was instead identified thanks to the screening activities of the Regional Blood Center, demonstrating the safety guaranteed by the regional transfusion system.


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Virus West Nile, due morti nel Lazio. Sale a 12 il numero delle vittime nella regione
https://www.romatoday.it/attualita/virus-west-nile-morti-20-agosto-bollettino-aggiornamenti.html
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Woman dies in less than 24 hours from West Nile, she is the first victim of the virus in Veneto in 2025

CASTELMASSA - Crushed by West Nile. To lose her life due to the virus is Adriana Meneghelli, 81 years old from Castelmassa. The woman had been hospitalized on August 22 after experiencing neurological problems and fever, symptoms that have worsened in recent days and which caused the woman's death in less than 24 hours. Adriana is the first victim of West Nile in Veneto.

https://www.ilgazzettino.it/nordest...st_nile_prima_veneto_castelmassa-9033457.html
 
The confirmed cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection in humans rise to 430 in Italy (351 in the previous bulletin), with 27 deaths. This is stated in the seventh surveillance bulletin published today by the Ministry of Health. Among the confirmed cases, 193 occurred in the neuro-invasive form (8 Piedmont, 12 Lombardy, 14 Veneto, 1 Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 1 Liguria, 13 Emilia-Romagna, 62 Lazio, 2 Molise, 64 Campania, 2 Basilicata, 5 Calabria, 1 Sicily, 8 Sardinia), 38 asymptomatic cases identified in blood donors, 193 cases of fever, 3 asymptomatic cases and 3 symptomatic cases. 27 deaths were reported (1 Piedmont, 1 Lombardy, 1 EmiliaRomagna, 11 Lazio, 11 Campania, 2 Calabria). The lethality, calculated on the neuro-invasive forms reported and confirmed so far, is 13.9% (20% in 2018, 14% in 2024).

https://www.epicentro.iss.it/westnile/bollettino/Bollettino_WND_2025_07.pdf
 
West Nile, the patient hospitalized in Eboli has died

A little while ago, unfortunately, the 70-year-old from Pietravairano died in the hospital of Eboli affected by Nile fever transmitted by the bite of a mosquito. A few days ago he had been admitted to the hospital of Piedimonte Matese, then, with the worsening of the situation, he was transferred - by air ambulance - to the hospital of Eboli.

https://www.paesenews.it/?p=291212
 
Since the beginning of the year there are 502 with 33 deaths

The confirmed cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection in humans rise to 502 in Italy (430 in the previous bulletin), with 33 deaths. This is stated in the eighth surveillance bulletin edited by the ISS published today.

Among the confirmed cases, 226 occurred in the neuro-invasive form (11 Piedmont, 16 Lombardy, 17 Veneto, 1 Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 1 Liguria, 15 Emilia-Romagna, 3 Tuscany, 71 Lazio, 2 Molise, 72 Campania, 1 Puglia, 2 Basilicata, 5 Calabria, 1 Sicily, 8 Sardinia), 40 asymptomatic cases identified in blood donors, 226 cases of fever (of which 1 imported from Kenya), 5 asymptomatic cases and 5 symptomatic cases.

33 deaths were notified (3 Piedmont, 1 Lombardy, 1 Emilia-Romagna, 14 Lazio, 12 Campania, 2 Calabria). The lethality, calculated on confirmed and reported neuro-invasive forms, is 14.6% (20% in 2018, 14% in 2024).

In the same period, 4 cases of Usutu virus were reported (2 Piedmont, 1 Veneto, 1 Lazio).

The number of provinces with demonstrated WNV circulation belonging to 16 regions rises to 63: Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Lazio, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia.
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https://www.epicentro.iss.it/westnile/bollettino/Bollettino_WND_2025_08.pdf
 
There are 80 new human cases of West Nile Viruswhich were reported in the period 4 - 10 September 2025.

• The number of confirmed cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection in humans rises to 582 in Italy (502 in the previous bulletin), of which 260 occurred in the neuro-invasive form (14 in Piedmont, 24 in Lombardy, 22 in Veneto, 1 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 1 in Liguria, 20 in Emilia-Romagna, 3 in Tuscany, 77 in Lazio, 2 in Molise, 74 in Campania, 1 in Puglia, 2 in Basilicata, 5 in Calabria, 1 in Sicily, 13 Sardinia), 48 asymptomatic cases identified in blood donors, 262 cases of fever (of which 1 imported from Kenya), 4 asymptomatic cases and 8 symptomatic cases.

• Among the confirmed cases, 39 deaths were notified (5 Piedmont, 2 Lombardy, 1 Emilia-Romagna, 15 Lazio, 14 Campania, 2Calabria). The lethality, calculated on confirmed neuro-invasive forms and so far, is 15% (in 2018 20%, in 2024 14%)..

https://www.epicentro.iss.it/westnile/bollettino/Bollettino_WND_2025_09.pdf

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West Nile in Italy, 647 cases and 47 deaths

This issue of the bulletin summarizes the results of surveillance activities against West Nile virus and Usutu virus in Italy, updated to 17-09-2025.
Integrated surveillance of WN and Usutu virus
• There are 65 new human cases of West Nile Virus that were reported in the period 11 – 17 September 2025.
• The number of confirmed cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection in humans in Italy rises to 647 (582 in the previous bulletin), of which 300 occurred in the neuro-invasive form (15 in Piedmont, 39 in Lombardy, 24 in Veneto, 2 in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 1 in Liguria, 23 in Emilia-Romagna, 5 in Tuscany, 83 in Lazio, 2 in Molise, 77 in Campania, 2 in Puglia, 2 in Basilicata, 5 in Calabria, 1 Sicily, 19 Sardinia), 54 asymptomatic cases identified in blood donors, 284 cases of fever (of which 1
imported from Kenya), 3 asymptomatic cases and 6 symptomatic cases.
• Among the confirmed cases, 47 deaths were notified (7 Piedmont, 5 Lombardy, 1 Emilia-Romagna, 16 Lazio, 15 Campania, 2 Calabria,
1 Sardinia). The lethality, calculated on confirmed and reported neuro-invasive forms, is 15.8% (20% in 2018, 14% in 2024).

​https://www.epicentro.iss.it/.../Bollettino_WND_2025_10.pdf​
 
Sardinia, West Nile cases rise to 31: two deaths in the Oristano area

A new case of positivity to Nile fever has been recorded by the Department of Health and Prevention of the Asl of Oristano. It is a patient over seventy years old from Paulilatino, admitted to the Businco hospital in Cagliari.

The number of human cases of West Nile virus ascertained in 2025 in the province of Oristano thus rises to 31, with two deaths. 24 animal cases were also ascertained: 15 involving birds and nine insects. The epidemiological investigation and the circumscription of the area of residence of the infected person has already been started to allow disinfestation within 200 meters from the home.

In the morning, an intersectoral technical table on vector-borne diseases was held, requested by the extraordinary commissioner of ASL 5, Federico Argiolas, and coordinated by the General Directorate of the Regional Department of Health. On that occasion, "the massive information campaign put in place in recent months to inform citizens on the correct behaviour to prevent potentially infected mosquito bites, with also a new bilingual poster, in Italian and English, distributed to all 88 municipalities in the province\
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https://www.gazzettasarda.com/conte...asi-di-west-nile-due-i-decessi-nelloristanese
 
There are 33 new human cases of West Nile Virus that were reported in the period 18 - 24 September 2025.
The number of confirmed cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection in humans rises to 680 in Italy (647 in the previous bulletin), of which 321 occurred in the neuro-invasive form (15 Piedmont, 44 Lombardy, 27 Veneto, 2 Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 1 Liguria, 25 Emilia-Romagna, 8 Tuscany, 1 Marche, 83 Lazio, 2 Molise, 79
Campania, 2 Puglia, 2 Basilicata, 5 Calabria, 1 Sicily, 24 Sardinia), 54 asymptomatic cases identified in blood donors, 296 cases of
fever (of which 1 imported from Kenya, 1 from Egypt and 1 from the Maldives), 3 asymptomatic cases and 6 symptomatic cases.
• Among the confirmed cases, 48 deaths were reported (7 Piedmont, 5 Lombardy, 2 Emilia-Romagna, 17 Lazio, 14 Campania, 2 Calabria, 1
Sardinia). The lethality, calculated on confirmed and reported neuro-invasive forms, is 14.9% (20% in 2018, 14% in 2024).


​https://www.epicentro.iss.it/westnile/bollettino/Bollettino_WND_2025_11.pdf
 
West Nile, 718 confirmed cases and 49 victims in Italy


Among the 718 confirmed cases, 341 occurred in the neuro-invasive form, the most severe, with a lethality of 14.4% calculated on these forms, a slight decrease compared to the 20% detected in 2018 and substantially stable compared to 2024. The spread of the virus now affects 75 provinces in 17 Italian regions, including Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Lazio, Campania and Sardinia. In particular, the regions with the highest number of neuro-invasive cases are Lazio (84), Campania (79) and Lombardy (51). The 49 deaths are concentrated mainly in Lazio (18), Campania (14) and Piedmont (7).
In addition to neuro-invasive forms, there are also 57 asymptomatic cases identified among blood donors and 309 cases with febrile symptoms. Among the latter, three are cases imported from foreign countries such as Kenya, Egypt and the Maldives. At the same time, 10 cases of infection with Usutu virus, another mosquito-borne arbovirus, were reported, mainly distributed between Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto and Lazio.

https://www.epicentro.iss.it/westnile/bollettino/Bollettino_WND_2025_12.pdf
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