{Summary}
-- Since the last update (July 31), eighty-four new confirmed cases of human infection with West Nile Virus have been reported.
-- Since the start of epidemic season, there were 173 confirmed WNV cases, of which:
- 72 were West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease (WNND): (2 in Piedmont, 2 Lombardy, 4 Veneto, 1 Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 2 Emilia-Romagna, 37 Latium, 21 Campania, 1 Basilicata, 1 Sardegna),
- 14 were asymptomatic cases in blood donors,
- 85 were West Nile Fever cases,
- 1 was an asymptomatic case
-- Among the confirmed cases, there were eleven fatalities: 1 in Piedmont, 4 Latium, 6 .
- The case-fatality rate among WNND cases is at 15% (during 2018 season it was 20%, whereas in 2024 it was 14%).
-- No new confirmed cases of Usutu Virus human infection have been reported during current surveillance week.
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Source: High Institute of Health, https://www.epicentro.iss.it/westnile/bollettino/Bollettino_WND_2025_04.pdf
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