Table on cases - 2011

In 2011, ECDC monitored the West Nile fever situation during the transmission season (June to November) in the EU Member States and neighbouring countries.

The table below summarises the last update for the season, as of 6 June 2014.

See more: historical data about West Nile fever in Europe

Cumulative number of west nile fever cases by affected area in 2011, as of 6 June 2014 (n = 340 cases)

Coun​​try No by country Area First case reported  Number of cases Population estimates (3,4)
    total (1) confirmed (2)
Greece 100 Aitoloakarnania prefecture 07/10/2011 1 1 217497
Attiki prefecture 03/08/2011 30 18 4 088 447
Chalkidiki prefecture 01/09/2011 2 1 100 451
Evvoia prefecture 01/09/2011 1 0 125316
Imathia prefecture 03/08/2011 6 3 144 306
Karditsa prefecture 27/07/2011 9 4 115 323
Kosani prefecture 31/08/2011 1 0 154383
Kyklades prefecture 21/09/2011 1 0 111247
Larisa prefecture 29/07/2011 15 8 286 505
Magnisia prefecture 11/08/2011 1 0 203945
Pella prefecture 26/08/2011 8 2 144 955
Serres prefecture 08/08/2011 5 5 186 782
Thessaloniki prefecture 29/07/2011 10 2 1 153 959
Trikala prefecture 11/08/2011 5 4 130 112
Voiotia prefecture 26/08/2011 5 4 125 316
Hungary 3 Hajdú-Bihar county 12/12/2011 1 1 542 192
Pest county 01/01/2012 1 1 1 213 290
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county 01/01/2012 1 1 565 326
Italy 14 Belluno province 10/10/2011 1 1 214 026
Olbia province 18/10/2011 1 1 154 319
Oristano province 06/10/2011 3 3 167 295
Udine province 02/11/2011 2 2 539 723
Treviso province 09/09/2011 6 6 879 408
Venezia province 09/09/2011 1 1 853 787
Romania 11 Bucuresti municipality 01/09/2011 6 6 1 944 367
Constanta county 17/08/2011 2 2 721 896
Galati county 21/07/2011 1 1 611 040
Iasi county 06/10/2011 1 1 823 388
Tulcea county 27/07/2011 1 1 248 367
Albania 2 Lezhe prefecture 12/08/2011 2 - n/a
Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 4 Skopje region 13/09/2011 4 - n/a
Israel 39 Central district 08/09/2011 15 - n/a
Haifa district 19/07/2011 8 - n/a
Northern district 19/07/2011 10 - n/a
Tel Aviv district 08/09/2011 6 - n/a
Russian Federation 153 Astrakhan oblast 16/08/2011 18 - n/a
Chelyabinskaya oblast 27/10/2011 2 - n/a
Krasnodarskiy Kray 01/12/2011 7 - n/a
Rostovskaya oblast 12/08/2011 16 - n/a
Tambovskaya oblast 20/10/2011 1 - n/a
Tatarstan Republic 13/09/2011 1 - n/a
Volgogradskaya oblast 22/07/2011 61 - n/a
Voronezhskaya oblast 04/08/2011 47 - n/a
Tunisia 3 Kebili province 02/11/2011 3 - n/a
Turkey 3 Antalya province 12/09/2011 1 - n/a
Mugla province 12/09/2011 1 - n/a
Sakarya province 12/09/2011 1 - n/a
Ukraine 8 Donets'ka oblast 21/11/2011 3 - n/a
Mykolayivs'ka oblast 11/11/2011 2 - n/a
Zaporiz'ka oblast 11/11/2011 3 - n/a

1) For EU countries, cases meeting laboratory criteria for case confirmation or for a probable case as per EU case definition for West Nile fever2) For EU countries, cases meeting criteria forconfirmed case as per EU case definition for West Nile fever3) For EU countries, population estimates for 2009 provided at NUTS3 level by EUROSTAT4) For neighbouring countries, see United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division