West Nile Virus Hotspot Shifts From Thessaly to Athens Region, Expert Warns

The center of Greece's West Nile virus outbreak has shifted from Thessaly to Attica, with new encephalitis cases linked to the mosquito-borne virus recorded in the Athens region over the past week, according to Gkikas Magiorkinis, an epidemiologist advising the Health Ministry. By Vassilis Venizelos Mr. Magiorkinis, an associate professor of hygiene and epidemiology at the University of Athens Medical School and a member of the ministry's expert committee, told iefimerida that severe storm D...

By ANTHEE CARASSAVA