A new positive case of West Nile virus has been reported in the province of Oristano, the third. The patient is an elderly resident of Villaurbana, with underlying health conditions, who was admitted to the Santissima Trinità hospital in Cagliari. The previous cases occurred at the end of July .

Given the patient's symptoms, it was decided to perform a serological test, which confirmed the positivity to West Nile virus by the Analysis Laboratory of the AOU Cagliari.

At this time, the Department of Hygiene and Health Prevention, headed by Dr. Maria Valentina Marras, in collaboration with the Animal Health Service, headed by Dr. Enrico Vacca, is implementing all the required measures: epidemiological investigation, delimitation of the man's residential area, and requesting the Province, the competent authority, to disinfect the area .

(Unioneonline)

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