West Nile Virus (WNV) - Kosovo New

The Federal Office for Safety in Health Care has been informed by the ECDC (European Center for Disease Prevention and Control) that human WNV infections have been recorded in Kosovo. The exact region is not known.

We therefore ask you to take this into account when taking medical histories and selecting donors.

This letter corresponds to the current information available to the BASG. Further information will be provided as soon as it is available.

Further inquiry note

haemovigilanz@basg.gv.at