West Nile virus
Greece
Mosquito-Borne West Nile Virus Kills 5 in Greece
The death toll from the West Nile virus in Greece reached five on Thursday, according to the Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO).
All five victims of the West Nile virus were over 70 years old. According to...
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West Nile Virus Claims Two Lives in Greece
Two elderly people in the Attica region have died from the mosquito-borne West Nile virus as a dozen people were hospitalized with the infection.
The two fatalities, both over 80 years old, lived in urban areas of Western Attica, according...
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West Nile Virus Infects Two More People in Central Macedonia
According to the Athens-Macedonian news agency, on Tuesday two new cases of the West Nile virus were reported in Central Macedonia.
The two patients infected with the disease are reported to be in the hospital for "precautionary reasons,” according to...
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Three More Casualties of West Nile Virus in Greece
Three people infected with the West Nile virus died of complications related to the illness this summer, Greek authorities said on Friday.
All cases were reported in August and all victims were over 70 years old, the national Center for...
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West Nile Mosquito Fever Kills Two People in Greece
The Greek Center for Disease Control and Prevention has registered 20 cases of West Nile fever in the country since the beginning of this year. Two deaths have been reported.
At present, the dangerous virus is observed only in the...
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Greece's Center for Disease Control and Prevention Confirms First Case of West Nile Virus in 2017
The first case of West Nile Virus in Greece in the past 2 years has been reported and confirmed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO).
KEELPNO has reported that the individual who contracted the West Nile Virus...
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First West Nile Virus Incident in Greece this Year
Greece's Center for Disease Control and Prevention (KEELPNO) confirmed the first incident of West Nile Virus, August 13.
Test results showed that an 85-year-old Attiki resident was infected by the disease. The elderly, who is now hospitalized, said that he did not...
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14 Confirmed Cases of West Nile Virus in Xanthi
The number of confirmed cases of the West Nile Virus (WNV) in Xanthi, Greece, has reached 14, which is increasing dramatically from week to week.
According to ThrakiToday, a total of ten cases has been recorded so far in the...
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First Death from West Nile Virus in Attica
The West Nile Virus (WNV) continues spreading in Attica and Northern Greece. According to the latest epidemiological data by the Hellenic Center for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDCP), the number of cases of people infected with the West Nile...
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West Nile Virus Cases Reach 26
Nine new West Nile virus cases were recorded last week, rising the total to 26.
What mainly seems to worry experts though, is that the cases of patients with symptoms in the central nervous system have been more than doubled,...