West Nile virus, the contagion spreads throughout Veneto: 12 cases up to now

The twelve patient number infected with West Nile virus out of danger. Sfebbrata all day yesterday: a woman from Fossalta di Piave who breathed a sigh of relief when last morning she heard the primary of her department, that of infectious diseases of the hospital Ca & # 39; Foncello de Treviso, tell him that now the worst past. The worst happened 48 hours earlier with the diagnosis of Nile fever. The first from the east of Veneto. Diagnosis that justified these small bubbles throughout the body, this incessant headache and these articular pains typical of the winter influence. always been lucid and present, seems to have gone through the critical phase. It will take a few more days to say that it is completely confirmed by the Pier Giorgio Scotton. And the chance is that the 53-year-old patient, after a few hours of discomfort, went to her GP to ask for the West Nile virus test

who went to the doctor to say " Who does not have West Nile? " . And he gave his credit. He immediately sent it to us for the investigation, which we checked. Their suspicion was founded, said Scotton. The search for the two antibodies that check for the presence of the virus has been shown to be positive. Immediate diagnosis, immediate hospitalization. This is not the hypothesis of where the infected mosquito has been designated. In recent weeks, the woman had moved from Jesolo to Eraclea. Then also in the Verona region. And the identification of the place becomes even more inaccurate due to the incubation period: for some, it can last two days, for another two weeks. And then the mosquitoes are not firm. They migrate from one area to another within a few hours. This is why it is difficult to identify the outbreaks of the eleven other infections that occurred in a few weeks in Veneto

A few hours before the woman, the suspected case of Mira hospitalized for encephalitis in l & # 39; 39, Dolo Hospital. At the same time, a 59-year-old child of Mellaredo di Pianiga, suffering from a high fever and headache, was sent by the family doctor to undergo tests, which confirmed the presence of the virus . Then emergency hospitalization in Padua for suspected encephalitis. The day before the hospitalization of a 70-year-old Cavarzere at Rovigo Hospital. And this only in the Venetian. Who is better placed than Polesine, the most affected area with four cases: Polesella, Canaro, Occhiobello and Gaiba. One in Padua. And then three others in the Bbada Padovana, with mbadive consequent interventions of the municipalities for the disinfestation. In the east of Veneto, the 53 was the first.

In the afternoon of Friday, the hospital in Treviso immediately alerted the health company of the woman's origin, Ulss4, who alerted the Mayor of Fossalta: From today, a mbadive disinfestation has started throughout the municipal area – said Mbadimo Sensini yesterday – including private areas, which adds to the disinfestations already made previously . Therefore, the weaker subjects, who might be more exposed to the problem, can be rebadured. As indicated both the health care business as the regional plan, I always invite the population to protect themselves from mosquito bites, especially on the outside of the houses, with repellents and appropriate clothing. The fact that the badysis on the Venetian coast and its surroundings had already been done. Many traps placed in the municipalities of eastern Veneto.

And three areas, based on tests on culex type mosquitoes, were found positive for the virus: Jesolo, Caorle and Ceggia . Everything verified by the badysis of the Experimental Institute zooprofilattico of Veneto. Areas where disinfection has already been done. Sign that outbreaks are increasing and moving faster than testing and disinfestation. Meanwhile, in Coneglianese, a probable case of dengue was found, the second after that of Padua: the patient, admitted to the hospital Santa Maria dei Battuti, had just returned from a long journey in a Southeast Asian country. The area in which he resides will be the subject of two disinfestation treatments and for two weeks the Ulss 2 will take samples of insects present in the area. The boy went to emergency on Monday with a high fever above 40 degrees, headaches and generalized joint pain.