2023-09-06 08:53:54
INFO FRANCE 3 OCCITANIA. The health authorities of Occitanie have confirmed the first indigenous case of arbovirus (Dengue, Zika, Chik) in the region in 2023, with an infected person in Perpignan, in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
Health authorities in Occitania recently detected the first autochthonous case of arbovirus in the region in 2023. The infected person is in Perpignan in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
This disease was transmitted by the tiger mosquito, and it is important to note that the patient did not contract the disease abroad, which means that the virus is now present locally.
Arbovirosis is a group of viral diseases transmitted mainly by mosquitoes and can cause various symptoms, ranging from mild fever to serious complications. Among the most common arboviruses are dengue, chikungunya and Zika virus. Tiger mosquitoes, which have spread to certain regions of France in recent years, are known to be vectors of these diseases.
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