Between 9 and 15 July 2021, European Union (EU) and European Economic Area (EEA) countries reported no human cases of West Nile virus (WNV) infection and no ...SkiptomaincontentGlobalNavigationOthersites:ECDCEuropeanAntibioticAwarenessDayESCAIDE-ScientificconferenceEurosurveillancejournalEVIP-VaccinationportalHomeAlltopics:AtoZWestNilevirusinfectionSurveillanceanddiseasedataWeeklyupdates:2021WestNilevirustransmissionseasonWeeklyupdates:2021WestNilevirustransmissionseasonMapTwitterFacebookLinkedInMailThisweeklyreportprovidesanoverviewofWestNilevirus(WNV)epidemiologyintheEU/EEAandEU-neighbouringcountriesduringtheWNVtransmissionseason(expectedtobeJune-November).FollowingaOneHealthapproach,WNVinfectionsinhumansandoutbreaksinequidsandbirdsareincludedinthereport.VisitthededicatedwebpagesformoreinformationonWNVinfectionsandECDC’sseasonalWNVsurveillance.SituationupdateBetween9and15July2021,EuropeanUnion(EU)andEuropeanEconomicArea(EEA)countriesreportednohumancasesofWestNilevirus(WNV)infectionandnodeathsrelatedtoWNVinfections.EU-neighbouringcountriesreportednohumancasesofWNVinfection.Sincethebeginningofthe2021transmissionseasonandasof15July2021,EU/EEAcountrieshavereported1humancaseofWNVinfectioninItalyandnodeaths.EU-neighbouringcountrieshavereportednohumancasesofWNVinfection.Duringthecurrenttransmissionseason,withinthereportingcountries,asinglehumancaseofWNVinfectionwasreported.ItwasreportedbyLaSpeziainItaly,anditwasthefirsttimethatthisprovincereportedahumancase.Sincethebeginningofthe2021transmissionseason,1outbreakamongequidsandnooutbreaksamongbirdshavebeenreportedbyEU/EEAcountries.TheoutbreakamongequidshasbeenreportedbySpain.SourcesDataonhumancasesarecollectedviaTheEuropeanSurveillanceSystem(TESSy)managedbyECDC.Onlylocallyacquiredcaseswithknownplaceofinfectionareincludedinthisreport.ThefollowingEU-neighbouringcountriesreporthumancasesofWNVinfectiontoECDC:Albania,Kosovo*,Montenegro,NorthMacedonia,SerbiaandTurkey.Animaldata(i.e. outbreaksamongequidsandbirds)arecollectedthroug