{Summary}
• During current week (7-13 August '25), 102 new cases of human infection with West Nile Virus have been reported;
• Total Number of Confirmed Cases so far this season have risen to 275 (they were 173 in the last report);
-- among these:
- 126 were West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease (WNND): 6 in Piedmont, 7 Lombardy, 5 Veneto, 1 FriuliVenezia Giulia, 4 Emilia-Romagna, 47 Latium, 50 Campania, 1 Basilicata, 3 Calabria, 2 Sardinia,
- 20 asymptomatic cases among blood donors;
- 125 West Nile Fever cases,
- 2 asymptomatic cases and
- 2 unspecified cases.
• So far, 19 fatal cases were reported: 1 in Piedmont, 1 Lombardy, 8 Latium, 8 Campania, 1 Calabria.
-- The Case-Fatality Rate of WNND cases is at 15,1% (during 2018 it was 20%, in 2024 14%).
• No confirmed cases of Usutu Virus human infection were reported during current week.
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Source: High Institute of Health, https://www.epicentro.iss.it/westnile/bollettino/Bollettino_WND_2025_05.pdf
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