Update: West Nile Virus (WNV) - France

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed that confirmed human WNV infections have been recorded in the following regions in France:

Department of Gard, Department of Gironde, Department of Haute Corse, Department of Pyrénées Atlantiques, Department of Var, French overseas department of Guadeloupe, Hérault 

For further information, please refer to the following safety alerts. Please pay attention to this during anamnesis interviews and donor selections.

Further inquiry note

haemovigilanz@basg.gv.at