An autochthonous case means that it is caused by the bite of a tiger mosquito infected with the virus on the territory. The symptoms of dengue are high fever, muscle, joint or eye pain, fatigue and headache.
If the presence of tiger mosquitoes has been identified in 67 French departments, cases of autochthonous dengue fever remain rare in mainland France. In 2021, two indigenous cases had been detected in the Var. To this are added each year the cases of sick people diagnosed on their return from a trip overseas or abroad.
The ARS of Paca specifies in its press release that it has implemented mosquito control actions on the Mediterranean coast “in the districts of residence of the cases” and in the places they frequented “during their period of contagiousness”. According to her, “These interventions make it possible to eliminate potentially infected adult mosquitoes and to remove breeding sites to limit the proliferation of mosquitoes in these areas”further explained the ARS.
The ARS also invites individuals to do everything to avoid the proliferation of mosquitoes around their homes, to protect themselves from mosquito bites and to “to consult” in case of “suggestive symptoms”especially “if they appear within 15 days of returning from a trip to the tropics”.