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Italy raises to 54 those killed by West Nile virus and confirms 700 cases
ROME, ITALY.- Italy raised to 54 the number of deaths associated with the West Nile virus during 2026, while confirmed contagions reached 700, according to the update published on Thursday 24 September by the Higher Institute of Health (ISS). The circulation of the virus has already been detected in 83 provinces in 19 regions of the country. The data, updated until 22 September, show an increase compared to the previous report, when 657 infectio…
Most patients are asymptomatic, but there is a neuroinvasive variant that inflames the brain and causes encephalitis or meningitis The article What is the West Nile Virus, the disease that triggers alarms in Spain and has caused more than 50 deaths in Italy was first published in GCiencia.
The data of the •Iss is updated to 22 September 2026. In the monitoring also Dengue, Chikungunya, Zika and Usutu The cases of West Nile in Italy are growing, while the number of territories in which the circulation of the virus transmitted by mosquitoes has been demonstrated has also expanded. The ninth weekly bulletin of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss), updated [...]
According to the latest bulletin of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità, the impact of the virus has grown in Italy. Read more Mosquitoes and West Nile virus, boom cases in Italy: the worry rises on News.it.
The number of confirmed cases of West Nile virus in Italy has risen to 700 since the start of the surveillance season. The figure, updated to 22 September 2026, emerges from the latest bulletin of the Higher Institute of Health and photographs a situation in continuous evolution.To worry is above all the increase of the most serious forms and the extension of the circulation of the virus... Read More ...Zanzare and virus, increases attention in …
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