TY - JOUR
T1 - Early rise of West Nile fever in Israel, June 2024
AU - Mor, Zohar
AU - Omari, Husein
AU - Indenbaum, Victoria
AU - Kirstein, Oscar D.
AU - Catabi, Oren Shatach
AU - Reicher, Shay
AU - Lustig, Yaniv
AU - Davidovich-Cohen, Maya
AU - Kaliner, Ehud
AU - Sheffer, Rivka
AU - Elbaz, Shirly
AU - Kriger, Or
AU - Alroy-Preis, Sharon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2024 European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC). All rights reserved.
PY - 2024/7/30
Y1 - 2024/7/30
N2 - This report describes an unusual surge of West Nile fever in Israel in June 2024, during which 125 cases were diagnosed, compared with 4 cases on average during June in previous years (2014–23). Of the cases, 64 (62.1%) had neuroinvasive disease and 12 (9.6%) died; the 2024 case fatality rate was not significantly elevated vs the average rate in 2014–23. The early rise could be related to a temperature increase in spring and early summer of 2024. Israel is an endemic country for West Nile virus (WNV) since 1951 [1], and West Nile fever (WNF) cases are usually reported from June to October, with a peak in August. Here, we report a remarkable increase in WNF cases in early summer 2024 in Israel. We describe the epidemiological, clinical and genetic findings and compare to data reported in previous years (2014–23) and outline the public health measures to contain the outbreak using a One Health approach.
AB - This report describes an unusual surge of West Nile fever in Israel in June 2024, during which 125 cases were diagnosed, compared with 4 cases on average during June in previous years (2014–23). Of the cases, 64 (62.1%) had neuroinvasive disease and 12 (9.6%) died; the 2024 case fatality rate was not significantly elevated vs the average rate in 2014–23. The early rise could be related to a temperature increase in spring and early summer of 2024. Israel is an endemic country for West Nile virus (WNV) since 1951 [1], and West Nile fever (WNF) cases are usually reported from June to October, with a peak in August. Here, we report a remarkable increase in WNF cases in early summer 2024 in Israel. We describe the epidemiological, clinical and genetic findings and compare to data reported in previous years (2014–23) and outline the public health measures to contain the outbreak using a One Health approach.
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U2 - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.30.2400457
DO - 10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2024.29.30.2400457
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C2 - 39056196
AN - SCOPUS:85199591121
SN - 1025-496X
VL - 29
SP - 1
EP - 5
JO - Eurosurveillance
JF - Eurosurveillance
IS - 30
ER -