Dengue fever, and perhaps soon Zika, chikungunya… Until yesterday, we thought that these viral diseases with exotic names were the sad monopoly of distant tropical zones.
From now on, the risk that they represent for metropolitan France, and for Europe in general, is very real.
The summer we have just spent is also a warning sign.
"
We have counted 57 indigenous cases of dengue fever (acquired in France and not abroad, editor's note) since July in mainland France, and this figure is still expected to change
", informs Dr Marie-Claire Paty, coordinator surveillance of diseases transmitted by vectors at Public Health France.
In 2020, there were “
only
” 14 indigenous cases.
"
Obviously, this is derisory compared to the dengue epidemics of several thousand cases which have been raging for years in the West Indies, Reunion and Guyana.
But it shows us that the future will be made with these diseases in mainland France and in Europe
, ”continues the doctor.
The future will be made with these diseases in metropolitan France and in Europe.
Dr Marie-Claire Paty, vector-borne disease surveillance coordinator at Public Health France.
Ultra-fast oil-stain diffusion
The culprit is well identified.
It is
Aedes albopictus
, better known as the “
tiger mosquito
” because of its aggressiveness and above all, its black stripes…
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