A man who tested positive for West Nile VIrus died in Piove di Sacco, in Veneto: what we know about West Nile virus fever
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And 83-year-old senior is died a It’s raining Saccoin the province of Padua, in Veneto, for a severe form of encephalitis due to virus West Nile, to which he tested positive. The news agency ‘ANSA’ gave the news.
What do we know about West Nile Virus cases in Italy
Until now it has not been specified by the health authorities whether the elderly man who died in Piove di Sacco is the patient already reported in recent days by theHigher Institute of Health as the first case of positivity in our country to the West Nile, the so-called Nile Fever, discovered in the province of Padua in Veneto.
In fact, another young man is hospitalized in the Ulss 6 hospitals, who is also positive for the virus transmitted by mosquitoes. On another 62-year-old, also hospitalized for encephalitis in Piove di Sacco, the necessary tests are underway to establish whether or not it is another case of West Nile.
The 83-year-old man who died in Piove di Sacco had tested positive for West Nile Virus. He had a severe form of encephalitis.
What is West Nile Virus and symptoms of West Nile Disease in humans
The Ministry of Health has dedicated an in-depth study to the West Nile Virus and the West Nile Disease that it causes.
West Nile Disease, or West Nile disease, is caused by a single-stranded RNA virus that belongs to the Flaviviridae family of the Flavivirus genus called West Nile Virus. The virus was first isolated in 1937 in Uganda.
Most humans infected with West Nile Virus do not develop clinical signs. In endemic areas the symptoms are evident, in about 20% of the affected subjects, with a flu-like syndrome that has an incubation period of about 2-14 days and with the following symptoms: fever, headache, sore throat, muscle and joint pain, conjunctivitis, skin rash generally on the trunk, extremities and head, lymphadenopathy, anorexia, nausea, abdominal pain, diarrhea and respiratory syndromes.
Less than 1% of cases, on the other hand, present severe neurological symptoms which can be classified into 3 main syndromes: meningitis, encephalitis, poliomyelitis (acute flaccid paralysis).
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