Three West Nile virus victims in Serbia

Three elderly persons have so far died of West Nile virus in Serbia, Clinic for Infective and Tropical Diseases Deputy Director Olga Dulović has said.

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 06.09.2012.

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BELGRADE Three elderly persons have so far died of West Nile virus in Serbia, Clinic for Infective and Tropical Diseases Deputy Director Olga Dulovic has said. Apart from viral encephalitis, the patients had other health complications, she told Tanjug on Thursday, adding that the three patients all died last month, but that it "took time to determine through analyses that the cause of death was really viral encephalitis". Three West Nile virus victims in Serbia Dulovic said on Wednesday that another 16 persons have been infected with tiger mosquito-carried West Nile virus, so the total number of infected was 37. Dulovic said these were data relating to the period until end of August and that possible increase in the number of West Nile patients will depend on how much mosquitoes will be "active" in the coming days. She said earlier that around 20 patients had been hospitalized at the clinic with symptoms that suggest a possible encephalitis infection, and added that it had been proved that two of them were indeed infected with the virus and that it sometimes takes up to two weeks to get lab test results. Dulovic said that people in Serbia have no reason for concern, since there are different forms of viral encephalitis that could be mild and pass unnoticed, although they can sometimes be very serious and life-threatening. Serbia's Health Minister Slavica Djukic-Dejanovic told Tanjug earlier that there was no West Nile virus is spread by mosquitos (Tanjug) Tanjug

Three West Nile virus victims in Serbia

Dulović said on Wednesday that another 16 persons have been infected with tiger mosquito-carried West Nile virus, so the total number of infected was 37.

Dulović said these were data relating to the period until end of August and that possible increase in the number of West Nile patients will depend on how much mosquitoes will be "active" in the coming days.

She said earlier that around 20 patients had been hospitalized at the clinic with symptoms that suggest a possible encephalitis infection, and added that it had been proved that two of them were indeed infected with the virus and that it sometimes takes up to two weeks to get lab test results.

Dulović said that people in Serbia have no reason for concern, since there are different forms of viral encephalitis that could be mild and pass unnoticed, although they can sometimes be very serious and life-threatening.

Serbia's Health Minister Slavica Đukić-Dejanović told Tanjug earlier that there was no

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