West Nile Fever Killed 25 People In Greece Since Start Of 2019 - Healthcare Organization
Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published September 20, 2019 | 02:30 AM
ATHENS (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 20th September, 2019) The West Nile fever has left 25 people dead since the beginning of this year in Greece, while another 170 people were infected, the Greek National Organization for Health Care Provision said on Thursday.
Within last two weeks only, 10 people died of the disease.
The West Nile virus was detected in Greece for the first time in 2010. The disease claimed the lives of about 80 people in the country from 2010-2014. From 2015-2016, no new cases were reported, while in 2017 another outbreak resulted in the deaths of five people.
Apart from Greece, the virus has been reported in eight other EU countries: Hungary, Romania, France, Italy, Cyprus, Slovakia, Austria and Bulgaria.
The virus is transmitted by mosquitoes and causes symptoms such as a fever, a headache, lethargy, muscle pain and nausea. The West Nile fever can damage the central nervous system and result in such diseases as encephalitis, meningitis and paralysis.
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