Large number of imported chikungunya cases in mainland France, 2014: a challenge for surveillance and response

M C Paty; C Six; F Charlet; G Heuzé; A Cochet; A Wiegandt; J L Chappert; D Dejour-Salamanca; A Guinard; P Soler; V Servas; M Vivier-Darrigol; M Ledrans; M Debruyne; O Schaal; C Jeannin; B Helynck; I Leparc-Goffart; B Coignard

doi:10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.28.20856

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Large number of imported chikungunya cases in mainland France, 2014: a challenge for surveillance and response
M C Paty¹ , C Six² , F Charlet³ , G Heuzé⁴ , A Cochet⁵ , A Wiegandt⁶ , J L Chappert⁷ , D Dejour-Salamanca⁸ , A Guinard ⁹ , P Soler¹⁰ , V Servas¹¹ , M Vivier-Darrigol¹² , M Ledrans¹³ , M Debruyne¹⁴ , O Schaal¹⁵ , C Jeannin¹⁶ , B Helynck¹ , I Leparc-Goffart¹⁷ , B Coignard¹
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Affiliations: ¹ French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Institut de Veille Sanitaire, InVS), Saint-Maurice, France ² Regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Cire Sud), Marseille, France ³ Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur, Marseille, France ⁴ Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Corsica, Ajaccio, France ⁵ Regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Cire Languedoc Roussillon), Montpellier, France ⁶ Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Languedoc Roussillon, Montpellier, France ⁷ Regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Cire Rhône Alpes), Lyon, France ⁸ Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Rhône Alpes, Lyon, France ⁹ Regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Cire Midi Pyrénées), Toulouse, France ¹⁰ Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Midi Pyrénées, Toulouse, France ¹¹ Regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Cire Aquitaine), Bordeaux, France ¹² Regional Health Agency (ARS) of Aquitaine, Bordeaux, France ¹³ Regional office of the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (Cire Antilles Guyane), Fort-de-France, France ¹⁴ Laboratoire Cerba, Saint-Ouen l’Aumône, France ¹⁵ Laboratoire Biomnis, Lyon, France ¹⁶ EID: Public mosquito control agency, Montpellier, France ¹⁷ Institut de Recherche Biomédicale des Armées, National Reference Laboratory for arboviruses, Marseille, France

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B Helynck
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Citation style for this article: Paty M C, Six C, Charlet F, Heuzé G, Cochet A, Wiegandt A, Chappert J L, Dejour-Salamanca D, Guinard A, Soler P, Servas V, Vivier-Darrigol M, Ledrans M, Debruyne M, Schaal O, Jeannin C, Helynck B, Leparc-Goffart I, Coignard B. Large number of imported chikungunya cases in mainland France, 2014: a challenge for surveillance and response. Euro Surveill. 2014;19(28):pii=20856. https://doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES2014.19.28.20856 Received: 08 Jul 2014

Abstract

During the summer of 2014, all the pre-requisites for autochthonous transmission of chikungunya virus are present in southern France: a competent vector, Aedes albopictus, and a large number of travellers returning from the French Caribbean islands where an outbreak is occurring. We describe the system implemented for the surveillance of chikungunya and dengue in mainland France. From 2 May to 4 July 2014, there were 126 laboratory-confirmed imported chikungunya cases in mainland France.