The explosion of imported cases of dengue fever continues in mainland France. More than 2,000 have been detected in total since the start of the year.
A disease closely scrutinized as the Olympics approach. Since May 1, 417 cases of dengue have been imported into France, indicates Public Health France (SPF) in a new report published this Wednesday, June 5 on its website.
In total since the start of the year, the national agency has recorded “2,166 imported cases of dengue fever, 82% of which were contracted in Martinique or Guadeloupe and 5% in Guyana, departments where there is a significant epidemic”.
Added to this toll are 5 imported cases of chikungunya and 2 imported cases of zika, viruses transmitted, like dengue, by the tiger mosquito.
Explosion of imported cases
The Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region is where the most imported cases of dengue fever have been detected since May (73), ahead of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur region (64) and Île-de-Alpes. France (43).
The number of imported dengue cases has exploded in mainland France since the start of the year. Over the past five years, the average number of cases reported by mandatory notification was 128 between January 1 and April 30.
However, Public Health France notes this year that “no episode of indigenous transmission has been detected as of June 4, 2024” in France.
Surveillance of diseases transmitted by the tiger mosquito is reinforced from May 1 to November 30 each year, a period when theAedes albopictus is the most active.
Arriving in France in 2004, the tiger mosquito has gradually established itself over a large part of mainland France. As of January 1, it was present in 78 out of 96 departments.
