{Summary}
-- During current epidemiological week (from 23 to 29 Oct. 2025), two new human cases of infection with West Nile Virus have been reported.
-- The cumulative number of confirmed cases this season so far rose to 773 (they were 771 last week), of these:
- 367 were West Nile Neuroinvasive Disease (WNND): 17 in Piedmont, 56 Lombardy, 35 Veneto, 4 Friuli-Venezia Giulia, 1 Liguria, 30 Emilia-Romagna, 11 Tuscany, 1 Marche, 87 Latium, 2 Molise, 83 Campania, 2 Apulia, 2 Basilicata, 5 Calabria, 3 Sicily, 28 Sardinia,
- 56 were asymptomatic cases detected in blood donors,
- 339 were West Nile Fever cases (of which: 1 imported from Kenya, 1 from Egypt and 1 from Maldives),
- 3 asymptomatic cases,
- 8 unspecified cases.
-- Among confirmed cases, 72 fatalities have been recorded: 7 in Piedmont, 9 Lombardy, 1 Veneto, 2 Emilia-Romagna, 1 Marche, 19 Latium, 29 Campania, 2 Calabria, 1 Sicily, 1 Sardinia.
- The Case-Fatality Rate in WNND cases is 19.6% (it was 20% in 2018, 14% in 2024).
-- Since the start of the epidemic season, 11 confirmed human cases of Usutu virus infection were reported: 2 in Piedmont, 3 Lombardy, 2 Veneto, 1 Tuscany, 3 Latium.
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Source: High Institute of Health, https://www.epicentro.iss.it/westnile/bollettino/Bollettino_WND_2025_16.pdf
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