Another West Nile virus case confirmed in Serbia: Here's where the patients are from

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Another case of West Nile virus infection has been confirmed!

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Based on data submitted to the Batut Institute of Public Health of Serbia, two confirmed cases of West Nile fever in the human population have been registered so far. The cases were reported in the territory of the South Banat District (one) and the city of Belgrade (one).

On June 1, the Institute forwarded a recommendation for monitoring West Nile fever, and the public health institutes sent the recommendation to clinics for infectious and tropical diseases, i.e. to infectious wards of general hospitals in the territory of their jurisdiction, noting that they should pay special attention to neuroinvasive forms of the disease.

This is an infectious disease that is transmitted by infected mosquitoes. The incubation period lasts from three to 14 days.

Symptoms

In about 80 percent of infected people, the infection is asymptomatic. About 20 percent develop a mild clinical picture. As stated on the website of the City Institute of Public Health of Belgrade, the symptoms include fever, headache, nausea and vomiting. Swelling of the lymph glands and rashes on the chest, back or abdomen occur less often.

The above-mentioned symptoms pass within a few days, and only in rare cases they last for several weeks.

(Telegraf.rs)