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Highlights
° Since the beginning of surveillance season and as of August 26 '26, 432 human cases of infection with West Nile Virus have been confirmed in Italy. They were 312 last week.
° Of these:
§ 223 were WNND (of these, three were imported: 1 from Maldives, 1 from France and 1 from Belgium),
§ 63 were asymptomatic cases in blood donors,
§ 144 were West Nile Fever cases,
° Among confirmed cases, 17 were fatal.
° Case Fatality Rate (CFR) is so far at 7.2% (last year it was 13.9%) for severe neuroinvasive cases.
° So far this season, 10 human cases of infection with Usutu virus have been confirmed.
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Source:
Link: https://www.epicentro.iss.it/westnile/bollettino/Bollettino_WND_2026_5.pdf
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