The 74-year-old man is at the Victor Babeș Institute in Bucharest, where laboratory samples have been sent for analysis.
3 people from Buzău County are suspected of being infected with the West Nile virus.
Specialists from the County Public Health Directorate sent samples taken from the 3 patients to the Victor Babeș Institute in Bucharest.
It is a 15-year-old teenager and 2 other men aged 31 and 74.
The older man was hospitalized at the Victor Babeș Institute.
Specialists point out that West Nile virus infection is only transmitted through mosquito bites and recommend seeing a doctor if the first symptoms such as fever, severe headache, body aches, vomiting and skin rashes appear.
