West Nile fever case confirmed in Armenia

ArmInfo. In 2025, the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) registered 1 laboratory-confirmed case of West Nile fever in Armenia. As noted by the press service of the Ministry of Health, West Nile fever is a  transmissible viral disease transmitted mainly by mosquitoes. The  infection is not transmitted from person to person. It has a clearly  defined seasonality, from June to October, due to favorable  conditions for the reproduction and spread of mosquitoes.

About 80% of infected people do not develop any symptoms. The  department noted that the clinical symptoms of this disease are  headache, muscle pain, rash, joint pain, dizziness, and in severe  cases, meningitis, encephalitis, as well as signs of damage to the  central or peripheral nervous system.

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In 2024, 58 cases of West Nile virus infection were confirmed in  Armenia, of which 41 patients were hospitalized. The first case of  infection was registered in our country in August 2024 in the  Aragatsotn region