West Nile fever in Europe in 2018 - human and equine cases; updated 21 September

In 2018, as of 20 September 2018, EU Member States have reported 1 134 human cases: Italy (453), Greece (224), Romania (216), Hungary (167), Croatia (36), France (16), Austria (15), Bulgaria (4) and Slovenia (3). EU neighbouring countries reported 370 human cases: Serbia (286), Israel (81) and Kosovo* (3). To date, 115 deaths due to West Nile virus infection have been reported by Italy (35), Serbia (29), Romania (25), Greece (24), Hungary (1) and Kosovo* (1).

During the current transmission season, 175 outbreaks among equids have been reported by Italy (98), Hungary (63), Greece (9), France (2), Romania (2) and Austria (1).