West Nile fever: further human cases in the EU and its neighbourhoodArchived
Further human cases of West Nile fever have been reported for the EU and its neighbourhood over the past week.
In the past week seven new cases were reported in Greece by the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO). Six new cases have been found in the Attiki region and one confirmed case - in Evvoia, which is a new affected area. New cases and affected areas in Greece are not unexpected given that since 2010 there has been progressive geographical expansion of WNV transmission throughout the country, as stated in the recently published ECDC risk assessment on the epidemiological situation of the West Nile fever in Greece.
The Italian Ministry of Health reported the first West Nile fever case for 2012 in Italy, in Oristano, Sardinia, an area affected last year. In the neighbouring countries, there were eight new cases, in Russia, in the Volgogradskaya Oblast.
Every Friday ECDC publishes on its website the West Nile fever maps, the information being based on cases reported up to the Thursday of each week.
