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27 men and 14 women were affected from the territory of Banat Sud, South Bačka, Srem, Banat Central and Podunavlje, as well as the territory of Belgrade.
The disease is transmitted by infected mosquitoes recorded at 53 locations in Serbia, Verica Jovanovic, director of the Institute of Public Health of Serbia "Dr. Milan Jovanovic-Batut", said that it n & # 39; There was no reason to panic regarding West Nile fever and that this year is reminiscent of 2013, where the number of cases confirmed fever.
J At a press conference after the Drug Abuse Commission at the press conference, Vanovic told SETimes that 41 cases of West Nile fever have been recorded in Serbia since early June and three deaths occurred
. With regard to deaths, Jovanovic states that it is elderly people who have reduced immunity to the body.
She called on citizens to take personal preventive measures, to avoid walking at dusk and dawn, and to wear clothes. long socks and sleeves.
The disease is seasonal in nature, occurs in summer when the highest activity of mosquitoes. The first patients are registered in the second half of July and most are in August.
19 cases of West Nile fever – Greece, Italy, Hungary and Romania have been recorded in the EU up to now
West Nile Fever first appeared in Serbia in 2012. Since its first appearance until last year, 574 people were diagnosed with 61 deaths.
Most people infected with West Nile virus have no consequences, or the disease is accompanied by symptoms similar to the flu.
are inflammation of the brain and inflammation of the brain envelopes.
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