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Nuovo caso di West Nile in Sardegna, salgono a otto in tutto

epa03367657 A handout image made available on 22 August 2012 from the Centers for Disease Control showing a Culex quinquefaciatus female mosquito . This species is a known vector for West Nile Virus. The female C. quinquefasciatus mosquito is known as one of the many arthropodal vectors responsible for spreading the West Nile virus to human beings through their bite when obtaining a blood meal. Mosquitoes of the Culex species lay their eggs in the form of egg rafts that float in still or stagnant water. The mosquito lays the eggs one at a time sticking them together in the shape of a raft. An egg raft can contain from 100 to 400 eggs. The eggs go through larval and pupal stages and feed on micro-organisms before developing into flying mosquitoes. The CDC is reporting that there have currently been 1,100 cases of West Nile Virus reported in the US in 2012, more than ever reported at this point in the year since the virus was first recorded in the US in 1999. EPA/JIM GATHANY / CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
epa03367657 A handout image made available on 22 August 2012 from the Centers for Disease Control showing a Culex quinquefaciatus female mosquito . This species is a known vector for West Nile Virus. The female C. quinquefasciatus mosquito is known as one of the many arthropodal vectors responsible for spreading the West Nile virus to human beings through their bite when obtaining a blood meal. Mosquitoes of the Culex species lay their eggs in the form of egg rafts that float in still or stagnant water. The mosquito lays the eggs one at a time sticking them together in the shape of a raft. An egg raft can contain from 100 to 400 eggs. The eggs go through larval and pupal stages and feed on micro-organisms before developing into flying mosquitoes. The CDC is reporting that there have currently been 1,100 cases of West Nile Virus reported in the US in 2012, more than ever reported at this point in the year since the virus was first recorded in the US in 1999. EPA/JIM GATHANY / CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL / HANDOUT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
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ORISTANO, 25 AGO - Un emigrato di 46 anni è risultato positivo al virus della West Nile. Si tratta dell'ottavo caso umano di Febbre del Nilo diagnosticato nel corso del 2025 nella provincia di Oristano. L'uomo, originario di un paese del Campidano Oristanese, in questi giorni in Sardegna per partecipare a una manifestazione sportiva, è ricoverato nel reparto di Neurologia dell'ospedale San Martino di Oristano: le sue condizioni sono buone, riferiscono i medici. Nelle scorse settimane erano risultati positivi al virus altri tre ultrasettantenni, tre ultrasessantacinquenni e un ultranovantenne. Di questi sette contagiati, cinque sono ancora ricoverati in diversi ospedali, mentre due sono stati dimessi e hanno fatto rientro nelle proprie abitazioni. La Asl ricorda che non esiste un vaccino per la febbre West Nile, né una terapia specifica. Per questo è fondamentale proteggersi dalle punture ed evitare che le zanzare possano riprodursi adottando alcune precauzioni. In primo luogo occorre evitare i ristagni d'acqua, dove proliferano le larve di zanzara.

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