Five people died in the West Nile virus, according to the competent authorities, in Italy this year.
In the Campania area, with the capital of Naples, an elderly 80 -year -old man died yesterday, with serious underlying diseases. Also, at the end of last week, a 74 -year -old man suffered from kidney failure and was infected with the virus, lost his life in a Naples hospital.
Last week another 3 people died, due to complications caused by the virus, in the wider Latina area (located 78 kilometers south of Rome) and in the city of Novara, near Turin.
Italian doctors emphasize that in most cases, anyone who is infected by the virus (transmitted by mosquitoes) remains asymptomatic or exceeds the symptoms similar to those of influenza, within a few days, without the need to be admitted to the hospital. In the elderly with underlying diseases and attenuated immune system, however, there is more likely more serious problems, starting with serious complications in the neurological system.
Compared to last year, the total number of cases so far does not increase. What has changed is the record of the largest percentage of incidents (until now is 28) in the Latina area, where there are large plains with agricultural land and, until a century ago, malaria was widespread.
Source :Skai
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