West Nile virus in Europe in 2022 - infections among humans and outbreaks among equids and/or birds, updated 14 July 2022

As of 13 July 2022, European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries reported two human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and no deaths related to WNV infections. Cases were reported by Greece (1) and Italy (1). EU-neighbouring countries reported no human cases of WNV infection. There were no deaths related to WNV infections.

Since the beginning of the 2022 transmission season and as of 13 July 2022, EU/EEA countries have reported two human cases of WNV infection in Greece (1) and Italy (1) and no deaths. EU-neighbouring countries have reported no human cases of WNV infection.

During the current transmission season, within the reporting countries, human cases of WNV infection were reported from two different NUTS 3 or GAUL 1 regions.

Since the beginning of the 2022 transmission season, no outbreaks among equids and five outbreaks among birds have been reported by EU/EEA countries.

Outbreaks among birds have been reported by Italy (4) and Germany (1).