Nile fever: two other deaths attributable to the virus and new positives

In the last few hours in Italy there have been at least two cases of West Nile virus positivity and two victims.

The two cases of positivity in humans were notified yesterday in

, one in the province of

and one in that of

, while no reports have been made in animals or mosquitoes.

This was reported by the

(Experimental Zooprophylactic Institute) of Piedmont, Liguria and Valle d'Aosta. 

The West Nile virus made the

, in the province of Padua.

resident of the province died

, suffering from multiple pathologies, hospitalized with a picture of West Nile encephalitis.

Currently, the picture of encephalitis includes

(Padua), one hospitalized in Piove di Sacco in intensive care, confirmed positive at West Nile, a third patient hospitalized in Schiavonia, improving, a fourth in the Hospital in Padua.

The monitoring activity highlighted the presence of two asymptomatic blood donors, positive for West Nile.

The Department of Prevention, with the veterinary part, registers two horses infected by the virus with neurological syndromes.

The other

living in Copparo (Ferrara), who died at the Cona Hospital for a severe form of encephalitis which, as confirmed by laboratory investigations, is attributable to the West Nile virus.

The confirmed case was communicated to the Ferrara Ausl, which immediately activated the epidemiological investigation.

In recent days,

.