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After the ten cases of West Nile contagion recorded in Veneto since the beginning of summer, the first death happened: it is a 77-year-old man from Cento, in Ferrarese, who died today at the Cona hospital. The elderly, already suffering from chronic cardiorespiratory problems, had been hospitalized on July 24 for a fall, but his condition worsened and the symptoms of "Nile fever" – high temperature and severe headache – manifested themselves. until the doctors diagnosed him with West Nile meningoencephalitis, which caused his death. As for another serious episode that preceded it, even here the virus struck a person of a certain age affected by previous diseases and, therefore, already weakened.
Nevertheless, the succession of cases aroused alarm, especially in Veneto, where the disease transmitted by mosquitoes strikes Polesie more frequently (on the border of the province of Ferrara where the patient died) ed.) So much so that the regional health advisor, Lucio Coletto, intervened the other day to rebadure: "The surveillance network, the controls and the interventions where necessary are all activated: the regional surveillance plan is active and the prevention departments, collaborating with the municipalities, in emergency rooms and in hospital services The possibility that certain symptoms can be attributed to West Nile virus is carefully reviewed and, at the very least, the examinations are carried out and the necessary treatment is provided ".
For the rest, to combat the proliferation of mosquitoes, we rely on the disinfestation, the cutaneous repellents and the good will of the citizens, with the usual suggestions: "Do not abandon the objects and the containers of some Whatever the nature, collect rainwater, empty all everyday containers in the presence of water, tightly cover immobile water containers such as trash cans and water containers. the tanks. "On the other hand, let us know the Epidemiology Portal of the Higher Institute of Health, there is not much to do: it does not There is no vaccine against Nile fever, however, in most infected people, no symptoms appear and when this occurs, fever, headache and nausea appear in the form of 20% of those infected, the most serious symptoms in people elderly and debilitated individuals are "less than 1% of those infected, one in 150. In the most severe cases, about 1 in 1,000, the virus can cause lethal encephalitis".
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