The Nile virus says there is no room for concern

Only one case with the Nile virus has been confirmed in Kosovo. Infectologists say there is no room for concern, but advise citizens to be cautious.

After reporting by the National Institute of Public Health that the first case with the Nile virus has been confirmed, there have been no other cases in Kosovo.

In the epidemiological aspect, we have a quiet situation with regard to the Western Nile virus. We've got a patient who's had an indicator to observe at the Infectious Clinic. We don't have any other patients at the clinic with this 148x1>, he said. RTK at Arben Visaj, director of the Infectious Clinic at QKUK.

Vajaj added there is no room for concern. Infected by Shemsedin Dreshey, the Nile virus is carried by mosquito bites, appearing in various clinical forms.

The West Nile's <x0rus version has a wide range of clinical appearances, beginning most often as a febrial state - a condition with a cold headache, a few rashes in the body, and it goes like this.

Then it can be with a mild temperature or no temperature, depending on what the dominant form is, and then there are other forms that manifest themselves by touching the central nervous system in all the variants that we know from the clinical aspect of ʹ starting as meningitis, such as meningurephals and other forms”, Dreshai said.

In addition to recommendations for increased attention to mosquito exposure, Dresaj said that there is no curviral vaccine for the virus so far, adding that prevention must be done through dezintation and hygiene. /rtk/