West Nile virus in Europe in 2022 - infections among humans and outbreaks among equids and/or birds, updated 21 July 2022

Since the beginning of the 2022 transmission season and as of 20 July 2022, EU/EEA countries have reported 19 human cases of WNV infection in Italy (15) and Greece (4) and four deaths in Italy (4). EU-neighbouring countries have reported two human cases of WNV infection in Serbia (2) and no deaths.

During the current transmission season, within the reporting countries, human cases of WNV infection were reported from 13 different NUTS 3 or GAUL 1 regions.

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