Autochthonous case of dengue in France, October 2013

E Marchand; C Prat; C Jeannin; E Lafont; T Bergmann; O Flusin; J Rizzi; N Roux; V Busso; J Deniau; H Noel; V Vaillant; I Leparc-Goffart; C Six; M C Paty

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.50.20661

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Autochthonous case of dengue in France, October 2013
E Marchand¹ , C Prat² , C Jeannin³ , E Lafont⁴ , T Bergmann¹ , O Flusin² , J Rizzi⁴ , N Roux⁴ , V Busso⁵ , J Deniau⁶ , H Noel⁷ , V Vaillant⁷ , I Leparc-Goffart² , C Six¹ , M C Paty⁷
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Affiliations: ¹ Regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Cire Sud), Marseille, France ² Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, National Reference Laboratory for arboviruses, Marseille, France ³ Entente Interdépartementale pour la Démoustification du littoral Méditerranéen (EID méditerranée), Public mosquito control agency, Montpellier, France ⁴ Regional Health Agency of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille, France ⁵ Laboratory Network Bioactif, Bouches-du-Rhône, France ⁶ Emergency services regional observatory of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Hyères, France ⁷ French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire, InVS), Saint-Maurice, France

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Citation style for this article: Marchand E, Prat C, Jeannin C, Lafont E, Bergmann T, Flusin O, Rizzi J, Roux N, Busso V, Deniau J, Noel H, Vaillant V, Leparc-Goffart I, Six C, Paty M C. Autochthonous case of dengue in France, October 2013. Euro Surveill. 2013;18(50):pii=20661. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2013.18.50.20661 Received: 03 Dec 2013

Abstract

In October 2013, autochthonous dengue fever was diagnosed in a laboratory technician in Bouches-du-Rhône, southern France, a department colonised by Aedes albopictus since 2010. After ruling out occupational contamination, we identified the likely chain of local vector-borne transmission from which the autochthonous case arose. Though limited, this second occurrence of autochthonous dengue transmission in France highlights that efforts should be continued to rapidly detect dengue virus introduction and prevent its further dissemination in France. .