2023-09-29 04:02:00
The 76-year-old woman was admitted to hospital in intensive care.
A case of infection with Occidental Nile virus was detected in a woman from El Prat de Llobregat, south of Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)reports 3/24. The 76-year-old woman was admitted to hospital in intensive care. His state of health is considered “delicate” by doctors.
Our colleagues specify that this is a cas “probable” at the moment, the definitive diagnosis having not yet been established. Indeed, the Carlos III Public Health Research Institute has not yet communicated the results of the tests carried out on the patient to certify whether she has West Nile fever or not.
Symptoms
The Catalan Ministry of Health has requested that all health centers and hospitals alert on potential new cases. But, so far, no other cases have been detected, neither among the patient’s relatives nor in the region where she lives.
As a reminder, the West Nile virus is transmitted via mosquito bites and not between humans. THE symptoms may be the flu, body aches, nausea or vomiting. Infection confers lifelong immunity but there is no no vaccine. In the summer, a first case was detected in the southwest of France.
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