Andalucía has recorded its first death of the year from West Nile virus, bringing the total number of cases to 17
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Andalusia has recorded the first death due to the West Nile virus of this year. The victim is an 82-year-old man, neighbor of Dos Hermanas (Seville) and with previous pathologies, who remained in the Virgen de Valme University Hospital after being diagnosed with meningoencephalitis caused by this virus. With this case, the community ... Continue reading "What is the West Nile virus, how it is transmitted and how to protect itself after the first…
An 82-year-old man, diagnosed with West Nile fever for nine days, died on Tuesday, according to the Health Department of the Junta de Andalucía. The disease had caused meningoencephalitis, which occurs in 1% of the cases, according to the Calos III Health Institute, and since the diagnosis, carried out on 27 last month, he remained in the Virgen del Valme Hospital in Seville. Neighborhood of the Seville town of Dos Hermanas, the man suffered fro…
The number of infections due to the Nile virus continues to rise: Two Sisters adds two new cases, one of them serious. This is the same municipality where the first death of the season took place last Tuesday, a 82-year-old man with previous pathologies who remained in the hospital. Precisely, that was the first case in the municipality, which was detected on 27 July and died on 4 August. Thus, the figure amounts to 19 cases, all of them concent…
Researcher Jordi Figuerola says that, although there is more circulation of mosquitoes due to the rains, the situation is "far away" from that season, when the disease caused twenty deaths in Spain The risk of the Nile virus in Seville: "Ten
A 82-year-old man, diagnosed with West Nile fever for nine days, died on Tuesday, according to the Health Department of the Junta de Andalusia. The disease had caused meningoencephalitis, which occurs in 1% of cases, according to the Calos III Health Institute, and since the diagnosis, made on 27 last month, he remained in the Virgen del Valme Hospital in Seville.Read more
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