West Nile virus - human cases, 11 October 2023

Since last week’s update, and as of 11 October 2023, European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries reported 33 human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and 3 deaths related to WNV infections. Cases were reported by Romania (13), Italy (12, of which 1 with unknown place of infection), Greece (4), Spain (3) and Hungary (1). Deaths were reported by Greece (1), Romania (1) and Spain (1). EU-neighbouring countries reported 3 human cases of WNV infection. Cases were reported by Serbia (3).

Since the beginning of the 2023 transmission season and as of 11 October 2023, EU/EEA countries have reported 632 human cases of WNV infection in Italy (307, of which 1 with unknown place of infection), Greece (157, of which 1 with unknown place of infection), Romania (81), France (33), Hungary (29), Spain (14), Croatia (6), Germany (4) and Cyprus (1). EU/EEA countries have reported 50 deaths in Greece (20), Italy (18), Romania (10) and Spain (2). EU-neighbouring countries have reported 88 human cases of WNV infection in Serbia (87) and North Macedonia (1).

No deaths related to WNV infections were reported by EU-neighbouring countries.