One case of dengue was registered in Sofia last week, and one person was diagnosed with meningoencephalitis. This is shown by the report of the Metropolitan Regional Health Inspection for the period October 21-27, 2024. For the previous reporting week, there were no registered cases of both diseases in the capital.
There is no registered case of West Nile fever in Sofia, the weekly report also shows. For the reporting week for the period 14-20 October this year there is also no confirmed case of the infection. Since the beginning of the year, 27 cases of West Nile fever have been recorded. There are a total of 17 confirmed cases of infection in Sofia for the period of September – October of this year, show the monthly reports published on the website of the Metropolitan Regional Health Inspection. Two of them have been registered to date for the month of October, and for September – 15.
A total of five cases of dengue have been registered in the country since the beginning of the year, according to the reference for the previous reporting week of the National Center for Infectious and Parasitic Diseases (NCCPD), published on the institution's website. For the same period last year, only one case was registered. For 2024, 73 cases of viral meningitis and meningoencephalitis have been confirmed in our country, it is written in the bulletin of the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention for the period October 21-27 of this year.
Dengue is an acute viral infection characteristic of tropical and subtropical regions. The virus is transmitted by the bite of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes infected with the virus. In Europe, as well as in Bulgaria, the spread of Aedes albopictus mosquitoes has been proven, which makes it possible for the infection to spread in the presence of sick people. Clinically, the dengue virus infection is characterized by fever, very strong and prolonged muscle pain, headache, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and, in rare cases, rash and bleeding, the NCZPB indicated.