The laboratory of the Hospital Virgen del Rocío joins the detection network of the Nile virus

The Junta de Andalucía has drawn up a new plan to deal with the West Nile Virus (VNO) in the new season of this year 2025, which begins next May. Regarding this, the Andlauza Administration has increased entomological surveillance, with more traps for the carrier mosquito (Culex) and the creation of a second reference laboratory in Andalusia, in the Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío.In more detail, entomological surveillance is extended, b…

With a budget of more than 1.2 million euros, the Consejería de Salud y Consumo of the Junta de Andalucía has expanded the measures and actions foreseen in its new Program of Surveillance and Integral Control of Vectors of the West Nile Fever (FNO) for the 2025 season. Among them, it includes the creation of a second reference laboratory in the region in the Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío. During 2024, 107 confirmed cases were reported …

The center will be reference to analyze the samples of possible infections of Andalusia Occidental Health will communicate this season mild cases to raise awareness of the small magnitude of serious conditions and advance the protection measures Sevilla