Three additional cases have been identified since the previous assessment, bringing the total to 33 in Bouches-du-Rh\u00f4ne, 18 in the Var and 18 in Vaucluse.<\/p>\n
The region accounts for nearly 40% of infections acquired in mainland France this season, highlighting the continued circulation of the mosquito-borne virus across the Mediterranean area.<\/p>\n
France’s traffic monitoring service, Bison Fut\u00e9, has issued an orange alert nationwide for Friday, 16 October, in the direction of departures, indicating difficult driving conditions.<\/p>\n
Nearly half of patients hospitalised<\/p>\n
Of those infected, 32 people have required hospital treatment, representing 46% of recorded cases.<\/p>\n
Twenty-three patients developed neurological complications, which can include meningitis or encephalitis in more serious cases. <\/p>\n
No deaths have been reported in the region.<\/p>\n
West Nile virus is transmitted primarily through bites from infected common mosquitoes, which acquire the virus from birds. <\/p>\n
Unlike the tiger mosquito associated with dengue and chikungunya, these mosquitoes are particularly active in the evening and at night.<\/p>\n
Most infections cause no symptoms, while others may result in fever, headaches, fatigue and muscle pain. <\/p>\n
Severe illness is uncommon but can be particularly dangerous for older people and those with weakened immune systems.<\/p>\n
Authorities encourage mosquito prevention<\/p>\n
Health officials are continuing to monitor infections in humans and animals, with cases also detected in horses across the affected departments.<\/p>\n
Residents are advised to reduce mosquito exposure by using repellents, wearing long clothing during the evening and removing standing water around their homes.<\/p>\n
There is currently no licensed human vaccine against West Nile virus. <\/p>\n
Prevention therefore remains focused on avoiding mosquito bites and monitoring the spread of the disease.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three additional cases have been identified since the previous assessment, bringing the total to 33 in Bouches-du-Rh\u00f4ne, 18…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":648046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[163,85,46],"class_list":["post-648045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/648045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/648046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=648045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=648045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}