After the Covid, the Health Risk Watch and Anticipation Committee (Covars), which succeeded the Scientific Council, is looking into dengue fever, Zika and chikungunya.
According to its experts, whose opinion was submitted to the Ministry of Health, these arboviruses transmitted by invasive mosquitoes of the
Aedes
type will become a public health problem in the years to come.
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The increase in cases in mainland France over the coming summers is inevitable
, indicates Brigitte Autran, immunologist and president of the committee.
It is necessary to prepare for this through prevention campaigns, better organization of actors in the fight against mosquitoes, as well as support for research on treatments and vaccines
.
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Dengue fever is already a reality in the overseas territories, where it gives rise to more or less significant epidemics each year.
More than 90% of the population have already encountered the virus in Martinique and Guadeloupe;
70% in Guyana.
The disease is…
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