Large number of imported chikungunya cases in mainland France, 2014: a challenge for surveillance and response.

Authors :: Paty MC
Six C
Charlet F
Heuzé G
Cochet A
Wiegandt A
Chappert JL
Dejour-Salamanca D
Guinard A
Soler P
Servas V
Vivier-Darrigol M
Ledrans M
Debruyne M
Schaal O
Jeannin C
Helynck B
Leparc-Goffart I
Coignard B
Source :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin [Euro Surveill] 2014 Jul 17; Vol. 19 (28), pp. 20856. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Jul 17.
Publication Year :: 2014
Abstract: During the summer of 2014, all the pre-requisites for autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus are present in southern France: a competent vector, Aedes albopictus, and a large number of travellers returning from the French Caribbean islands where an outbreak is occurring. We describe the system implemented for the surveillance of chikungunya and dengue in mainland France. From 2 May to 4 July 2014, there were 126 laboratory-confirmed imported chikungunya cases in mainland France.

Subjects :: Aedes virology
Alphavirus Infections transmission
Animals
Chikungunya Fever
Chikungunya virus
Dengue transmission
Disease Outbreaks
France epidemiology
Humans
Insect Vectors
Mandatory Reporting
Alphavirus Infections epidemiology
Dengue epidemiology
Sentinel Surveillance
Travel

Language :: English
ISSN :: 1560-7917
Volume :: 19
Issue :: 28
Database :: MEDLINE
Journal :: Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: 25060572
Full Text :: https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.es2014.19.28.20856

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