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Tomini: 17 confirmed cases of "Nile fever" in Albania, who is having a hard time

Politiko 2024-08-06 17:46:38

Tomini: 17 confirmed cases of "Nile fever" in Albania, who is having a

17 cases of Nile fever have been confirmed until yesterday in our country.

The news was given on A2 CNN by the director of the Institute of Public Health, Eugena Tomini, according to which these cases had hospital treatment, because they were seriously affected in a severe form.

"Albania has confirmed the increasing number of cases that until yesterday exceeded the level of 17 cases that had hospital treatment because they were cases of serious and severe cases".

According to Tomini, only one percent of people affected by the Nile fever virus show severe clinical signs that affect the nervous system.

"A person who has been infected with Nile Fever in 80% of cases does not show clinical signs, they are physiologically healthy, only 20% show mild clinical signs and 1% appear in a severe form, that is the form that affects the central nervous system . One of the signs are spots on the skin. Not every mosquito transmits West Nile virus. 80% pass without clinical signs, 20% show mild clinical signs and 1% appear in severe form".

Tomini denies human-to-human transmission of the virus and says it is a closed cycle that makes transmission between birds, mosquitoes and vice versa. While another source of transmission, according to her, are horses.

"The Nile virus is transmitted through the bite of a species of mosquito, it persists in nature through mosquitoes, transmission and birds. It is not the other way around that an infected mosquito infects a human and then the human infects others. It is important to know that an infected bird carrying the virus is the reservoir of transmission and through the vector that is the mosquito, the virus is transmitted. The chances of it being transmitted from person to person are almost zero, no cases have been confirmed to date. It is a closed cycle that transmits between birds, mosquitoes, and conversely, another source is horses, which are transmitters or reservoirs.

 

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