West Nile fever in Europe in 2018 - human and equine cases; updated 30 October

In the past five days, between 26 and 30 October 2018, EU Member States reported 3 human West Nile virus (WNV) infections in Hungary (2) and Bulgaria (1). EU neighbouring countries reported 12 cases, all by Serbia. In the same period, 6 outbreaks among equids were reported by Italy (3), Hungary (2) and Spain (1).