2023-10-29 17:15:44
With around forty indigenous cases recorded at the moment, while the season is not yet over, the trend is emerging. “fairly similar” this year, emphasizes to AFP, Marie-Claire Paty, coordinator of the surveillance of vector-borne diseases at Public health France. France had nine “outbreaks” last year, and eight, for now, in 2023.
In Overseas, the Antilles have been in an epidemic phase since mid-August. And the epidemic has contributed to an already record number of cases of dengue imported into France – more than 1,300 so far. For the first time, an indigenous case was recorded in Île-de-France in October, in Limeil-Brévannes (Val-de-Marne), regarding fifteen kilometers southeast of Paris. However, these cases were until now observed in southern regions, with a climate a priori more favorable to the tiger mosquito. “This is the most northern case in France, and even in Europe, ever recorded”assures Dr Marie-Claire Paty.
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