During the epidemiological week comprised between 24 and 30 July 2025, there were fifty-seven new confirmed cases of human infection with West Nile Virus.
-- Since the start of the epidemic season, eighty-nine cases have been reported (there were thirty-two cases in the last week report), of which:
-- forty were WNND (West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease):
- 2 cases in Piedmont, 1 Lombardy, 3 Veneto, 1 Emilia-Romagna, twenty-three Latium, ten Campania);
-- two cases of asymptomatic infection were detected among blood donors (one in Veneto and one in Campania);
-- forty-six cases of West Nile Fever have been confirmed:
- one in Lombardy, five in Veneto, thirty-five in Latium, four in Campania, one in Sardinia;
-- one asymptomatic case is from Campania;
-- Among confirmed cases, eight fatalities have been recorded: one in Piedmont, two in Latium and five in Campania. The case-fatality rate among WNND so far is at 20% (during epidemic seasons 2018 it was 20% and in 2024, 14%).
-- The first case of the 2025 season was reported in Piedmont (a sporadic case in Novara Province). The second case was notified on July 3 in Modena Town.
-- In the current epidemiological week, no confirmed human cases of infection with Usutu virus have been reported.
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Source: National Veterinary Institute of Teramo, https://westnile.izs.it/j6_wnd/home
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