West Nile Virus Romania

Most people 8 out of 10 infected with west nile virus do not develop any symptoms.

West nile virus romania. Romania sees 80 cases of west nile virus infection and eight deaths in five months. No symptoms in most people. About 1 in 5 people who are infected develop a fever with other symptoms such as headache body aches joint pains vomiting diarrhea or rash. West nile virus wnv is endemic in southeastern romania and after the unprecedented urban epidemic in bucharest in 1996 caused by lineage 1 wnv cases of west nile fever have been recorded every year.

A mosquito transmitted virus causes most cases of west nile infection. West nile virus wnv is the leading cause of mosquito borne disease in the continental united states. There are no vaccines to prevent or medications to treat wnv in people. Italy 11 germany 7 greece 5 spain 3 and romania 2.

Romania general health risks. The primary hosts of wnv are birds so that the virus remains within a bird mosquito bird transmission cycle. Most people infected with west nile virus either don t develop signs or symptoms or have only minor ones such as fever and mild headache. The west nile virus wnv belongs to the flaviviridae family.

Seroprevalence data suggest that west nile virus activity in southern romania dates to the 1960s or earlier. It is most commonly spread to people by the bite of an infected mosquito. Furthermore a new outbreak occurred in 2010 this time produced by a lineage 2 wnv belonging to the. It is a member of the family flaviviridae specifically from the genus flavivirus which also contains the zika virus dengue virus and yellow fever virus.

Between 2 and 8 october 2020 eu member states reported 28 human cases of wnv infection. Abstract an unusual outbreak of west nile meningo encephalitis was reported in the south eastern part of romania during july 15 october 2 1996. Two regions in germany meissen and halle saale reported locally acquired human cases of wnv infection for the first time through tessy. Of 767 clinically defined cases 353 developed symptoms of central nervous system infection meningitis 40 meningo encephalitis 44 encephalitis 66.

West nile virus outbreak west nile virus has recently been confirmed in romania. West nile virus is primarily transmitted by mosquitoes mostly species of culex. Febrile illness fever in some people. West nile virus is a single stranded rna virus that causes west nile fever.

Cases of wnv occur during mosquito season which starts in the summer and continues through fall. A total of 80 people were infected with the west nile virus in romania between may 1 and september 29 this year.