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And the second person died of the Western Nile virus in Rome. The victim -77 is a man who breathed out on Monday with an early morning clock at the Spallanzani Institute in the capital of Italy.
The patient has recently been transplanted and suffered from various chronic diseases. A man lived in the Latin province, an area that still suffered the most from the virus, but the authorities are trying to restore its last steps to find out where the infection could happen. The victim recently lived in Baia Domizia, in the province of Cavit.
At least 44 outbreaks throughout Italy
Last week, an 82 -year -old woman, a resident of Nero, died in a dignity -jovanni -ee -di -y in fodi. An elderly woman was represented on July 14 with a fever and was in a state of confusion.
July 28, the Lazio district announced in 16 new casesWith at least four patients with neurological syndrome and twelve cases with the fever of the Western Nile.
This increases to 44 diagnostic confirmations of the positive infection of the Western Nile in 2025, registered in the province of the Latin province (in total 41 cases, including the patient who died last week in the fund of the fund) reports.
Western Nile virus: infection and symptoms
The transfer is not from person to person through contact with an infected person. While mosquitoes remain the main carrier of the Western Nile virus, wild birds can also be tanks, and, in some rare cases, the infection can be transmitted by organs, transplants and transition from mother to child during pregnancy.
Since the bite, the incubation period can take on average from two to 14 days. In most cases, those who are affected by the virus have no symptoms, while 20% have slight symptoms, such as nausea, fever, headache, vomiting or skin rash.
The longer the patient or with health in aggravating circumstances, the more the clinical picture can worsen. On average, a person in 150 people has serious symptoms (less than 1%), including muscle weakness, severe headaches, disorientation, visual impairment, numbness, cramps, to paralysis and coma, with sometimes constant neurological effects. The virus is fatal, causing encephalitis, about one person per thousand.