This year, “a serotype of the dengue virus which has circulated little over the last twenty years”, DENV3, makes the authorities fear “risks of serious form” and “a high number of cases”.
Guadeloupe has passed “in the epidemic phase for dengue » with a rare serotype that could cause “a high number of cases”according to an official press release released Thursday evening calling for everything possible to “minimize” the impact of the disease.
Meeting during the day, the management committee chaired by the regional prefect took action “the transition to the epidemic phase for dengue”specifies this joint press release from the prefecture, the association of mayors of Guadeloupe and the Regional Health Agency of Guadeloupe and the Northern Islands. The authorities are launching “a call for the mobilization of all the actors involved” in the fight “to try to minimize the impact of this disease” in the coming weeks.
This year, “a serotype of the dengue virus which has circulated little over the last twenty years”DENV3, makes the authorities fear “serious risks” et “a high number of cases” if “resolute control or prevention actions are not implemented”according to the press release. Among 62 samples analyzed between the end of September and mid-October, “97% are DENV3”according to the latest Public Health France bulletin.
540 weekly cases in community medicine
The seasonal threshold for clinical cases (80 weekly cases) is largely exceeded. At the end of October, it was estimated at 540 in community medicine, more than double that in September. At the hospital, Public Health France noted last month “on average 40 weekly visits to the emergency room for suspected dengue fever, compared to 25 in September”.
The joint statement from the authorities recalled that it was «primordial» to fight against stagnant water which allows the larvae of the disease vector, the mosquito, to develop. These stagnant waters are often “located around or in homes” and may have been “fed by recent heavy rains”underlines the press release. The authorities also recommend “wearing covering and loose clothing”the use of“an approved repellent product” and the use of pre-impregnated mosquito nets.
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