Watch out for dengue fever. For several weeks now, the disease has been progressing at a worrying rate in Guadeloupe, even exceeding the epidemic threshold since the beginning of August 2024. According to Public Health France, the virus is spreading rapidly due to the proliferation of mosquitoes, favored by the rains of the season. wintering, reports Guadeloupe the 1st .
Since mid-August, more than 80 biologically confirmed cases have been recorded each week in the archipelago. The week of September 16 alone was marked by 260 clinical cases, specifies the information site. Unlike the previous epidemic, serotype 3 is now the strain most commonly found, while residents have had very little exposure to it until now, he said. France Antilles .
Ongoing investigations
Dengue fever is particularly present in several municipalities, in Grande-Terre and Basse-Terre. The most affected are Le Gosier, Les Abymes, Baie-Mahault, Petit-Bourg, Lamentin, Saint-François, Basse-Terre, Sainte-Anne and Saint-Claude, list our colleagues. Investigations are currently being carried out there to try to locate the larval breeding grounds of contaminated mosquitoes.
As the radio reminds us RCI the mosquito Aedes aegyptiwhich causes dengue fever, reproduces in containers containing stagnant water. To avoid being contaminated, they must be covered, emptied or thrown away, consider using repellents or mosquito nets and ensure the removal and management of waste and bulky items.
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