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. 2025 Aug 29;5(1):55.
doi: 10.1186/s44158-025-00276-5.

West Nile virus and arboviral threats: a call for integration into critical care preparedness

Giancarlo Ceccarelli  1 , Gabriella d'Ettorre  1 , Vlad Cristian Sanda  2 , Marco Ridolfi  1 , Francesco Alessandri  3
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West Nile virus and arboviral threats: a call for integration into critical care preparedness

Giancarlo Ceccarelli et al. J Anesth Analg Crit Care. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Arboviral infections; Critical infectious disease; Neuroinvasive disease; West Nile virus.

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Declarations. Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.

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West Nile Virus (WNV) in Italy (2018–2025*): confirmed cases, neuroinvasive cases, reported deaths, and case fatality rate (CFR) in neuroinvasive cases. The bar plots display the total confirmed WNV cases, neuroinvasive cases, and reported deaths for each year. The line plot represents the fatality rate among neuroinvasive cases, shown as a percentage on the right y-axis. A notable fluctuation in both the incidence and severity (as reflected by CFR) is observed over time. *Data for 2025 are provisional and updated as of July 30, 2025
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