Gert van der Hoek
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First indigenous case of dengue in the VAR
08/22/2014
Regional Health Agency (ARS) Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur and the prefecture of the Var announced on Thursday, August 21, the discovery of the first indigenous case of dengue in the department of Var , transmitted by the Asian tiger mosquito . The LRA states:
"This is the moment a unique and geographically isolated. The infected person consulted a doctor and his condition is no immediate concern. Were talking about indigenous cases when a person has contracted the disease in the country and did not travel to an area where the virus is circulating within fifteen days precedents. "
After confirmation of the first case of contamination in the Var department was officially placed in Level 2 of the National Anti-dissemination plan chikungunya and dengue. Mosquito control actions are underway around the area of residence of the person infected.
TWO CASES IDENTIFIED IN 2010
In France , two cases of indigenous transmission of dengue were reported in 2010 in Nice . The same year, two cases of indigenous transmission of chikungunya were observed at Frejus .
Dengue is a disease caused by a virus that is transmitted to man man only through the bite of the Aedes albopictus mosquito, also known as the Asian tiger mosquito, which bites mainly in the morning and late in the day .
Native to Asia, the tiger mosquito has expanded rapidly since it was first detected in 2004 in the Alpes-Maritimes. It now operates in 18 metropolitan departments, mainly in the south of France on a basin population estimated at 12 million.
Le Monde
Location of Department VAR...................................................Department and year of establishment of the vector Aedes albopictus in France (INVS)
First indigenous case of dengue in the VAR
08/22/2014
Regional Health Agency (ARS) Provence-Alpes-C?te d'Azur and the prefecture of the Var announced on Thursday, August 21, the discovery of the first indigenous case of dengue in the department of Var , transmitted by the Asian tiger mosquito . The LRA states:
"This is the moment a unique and geographically isolated. The infected person consulted a doctor and his condition is no immediate concern. Were talking about indigenous cases when a person has contracted the disease in the country and did not travel to an area where the virus is circulating within fifteen days precedents. "
After confirmation of the first case of contamination in the Var department was officially placed in Level 2 of the National Anti-dissemination plan chikungunya and dengue. Mosquito control actions are underway around the area of residence of the person infected.
TWO CASES IDENTIFIED IN 2010
In France , two cases of indigenous transmission of dengue were reported in 2010 in Nice . The same year, two cases of indigenous transmission of chikungunya were observed at Frejus .
Dengue is a disease caused by a virus that is transmitted to man man only through the bite of the Aedes albopictus mosquito, also known as the Asian tiger mosquito, which bites mainly in the morning and late in the day .
Native to Asia, the tiger mosquito has expanded rapidly since it was first detected in 2004 in the Alpes-Maritimes. It now operates in 18 metropolitan departments, mainly in the south of France on a basin population estimated at 12 million.
Le Monde
Location of Department VAR...................................................Department and year of establishment of the vector Aedes albopictus in France (INVS)
