Although Italian areas have previously not been affected, the indicators of infection and mortality match the indicators of recent years.
In Italy, the number of western Nile died from the virus in the Lazio regions, the campaign and the Piedmont have grown to 17 people. It reports about it Ana.
On Sunday, the 80-year-old man became an eighth victim of the virus in the Lazio region. A deadly case associated with virus mosquitoes distributed in the northern region around the city of Turin has also been recorded.
All 17 victims are in intensive care units and have diseases.
The Italian Ministry of Health said the situation was under control and there were no reasons for panic. Despite the fact that the virus has spread to unffective regions, incidents and indicators of mortality have match the level of recent years.
Western Nile fever is a chronic zone arbovirus disease with a transmission mechanism for transmitting infection, which in severe cases is characterized by fever, inflammation of the cerebral membranes and brain substances, lymphadenopathy, mucous membrane damage, exanthema.
The main sources and tanks of the virus in nature are birds, mostly migratory, in the blood where the virus can spread from 14 to 200 days. Pain bearers can also be some types of mosquito that contagious in the blood and can pass the virus to a person or animal. It is very rare to interact with the blood of sick animals.
Remember that in Ukraine 69 cases of western Nile fever were recorded, in which 41 cases were confirmed in August.
In Greece, 27 people died from the western fever
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Source: korrespondent
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