Threat LensBiologicalWest Nile Virus in Italy 2023

West Nile Virus in Italy 2023

Type of event:
Disease/Outbreak

Victims

Wounded

133

Date

August 27, 2023

What happened

The confirmed cases of West Nile Virus (WNV) infection in humans in Italy have risen to 133 since the beginning of May. West Nile fever is a disease caused by the West Nile Virus, a virus of the Flaviviridae family isolated for the first time in 1937 in Uganda, precisely in the West Nile district.

Where it happened

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