Autochthonous case of dengue in France, October 2013
E Marchanda, Christine M. A. Pratb, Charles Jeanninc, E Lafontd, Thobias Bergmanna, Olivier Flusinb, J Rizzid, Nicolene le Rouxd, V Bussoe, J. Deniauf, Harold Noëlg, Véronique Vaillantg, Isabelle Leparc-Goffartb, C. Sixa, Marie-Claire Patyg
- aRegional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Cire Sud), Marseille, France
- bInstitut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, National Reference Laboratory for arboviruses, Marseille, France
- cEntente Interdépartementale pour la Démoustification du littoral Méditerranéen (EID méditerranée), Public mosquito control agency, Montpellier, France
- dRegional Health Agency of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille, France
- eLaboratory Network Bioactif, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- fEmergency services regional observatory of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Hyères, France
- gFrench Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire, InVS), Saint-Maurice, France
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Abstract
In October 2013, autochthonous dengue fever was diagnosed in a laboratory technician in Bouches-du-Rhone, southern France, a department colonised by Aedes albopictus since 2010. After ruling out occupational contamination, we identified the likely chain of local vector-borne transmission from which the autochthonous case arose. Though limited, this second occurrence of autochthonous dengue transmission in France highlights that efforts should be continued to rapidly detect dengue virus introduction and prevent its further dissemination in France.
TL;DRThough limited, this second occurrence of autochthonous dengue transmission in France highlights that efforts should be continued to rapidly detect d Dengue virus introduction and prevent its further dissemination in France. (Semantic Scholar)