{"id":1516363,"date":"2023-08-22T10:46:49","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T08:46:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laboklin.com\/?p=1516363"},"modified":"2025-07-29T11:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T09:34:16","slug":"west-nile-virus-in-horses-an-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laboklin.com\/en\/west-nile-virus-in-horses-an-update\/","title":{"rendered":"West Nile Virus in Horses \u2013 An Update"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text css=””]WNV was first isolated in December 1937, from a 37-year-old, febrile woman in the West Nile district in the Northern Province of Uganda. In Europe, human cases were documented in the 1960’s. Currently, West Nile Virus is present on all continents. The West Nile virus belongs to the Flaviviridae family, like the dengue virus, the TBE virus and the Usutu virus. It is transmitted by various mosquitoes.<\/p>\n

Number of cases<\/h2>\n

In Europe, most human and animal cases occur in Italy, Greece, Serbia and Romania. The cases reported to the European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) for 2022 are shown in Table 1.<\/p>\n

Table 1: <\/strong>WNV case numbers for the year 2022; Source: ECDC<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nCases Human<\/strong><\/td>\nDeaths Human<\/strong><\/td>\nCases Horse\/ Bird<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Italy<\/strong><\/td>\n586<\/td>\n37<\/td>\n47\/258<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Greece<\/strong><\/td>\n284<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n9 \/ –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Serbia<\/strong><\/td>\n226<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Romania<\/strong><\/td>\n46<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Germany<\/strong><\/td>\n11<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n16 \/ 51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Austria<\/strong><\/td>\n6<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n1 \/ 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
France<\/strong><\/td>\n4<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n6 \/ –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spain<\/strong><\/td>\n5<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n8 \/ 9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hungary<\/strong><\/td>\n14<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n3 \/ 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Portugal<\/strong><\/td>\n0<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n3 \/ –<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Croatia<\/strong><\/td>\n8<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n– \/ 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slovakia<\/strong><\/td>\n1<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n–<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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