The 77-year-old died after being bitten by a mosquito. More than 30 people are hospitalized

The Spanish medical service confirmed the patient’s death in the province of Seville. The 77-year-old had been in the intensive care unit for two weeks due to West Nile fever.

According to information from the health department, cited in the ABC daily, the 77-year-old victim is a man from La Puebla del Rio, near Seville. He was one of 35 people who received this mosquito-borne disease has been found.

Due to the incidence of West Nile fever in southern Spain, 32 people were hospitalized, of which six are in intensive care units.

West Nile fever, which is asymptomatic in most cases, causes encephalitis or meningitis in the most severe cases.

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