First two autochthonous dengue virus infections in metropolitan France, September 2010

Euro Surveill. 2010 Sep 30;15(39):19676.

Abstract

In September 2010, two cases of autochthonous dengue fever were diagnosed in metropolitan France for the first time. The cases occurring in Nice, southeast France, where Aedes albopictus is established, are evidence of dengue virus circulation in this area. This local transmission of dengue calls for further enhanced surveillance, active case finding and vector control measures to reduce the spread of the virus and the risk of an epidemic.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Antigens, Viral / blood*
  • Dengue / diagnosis*
  • Dengue / transmission
  • Dengue Virus / genetics
  • Dengue Virus / immunology
  • Dengue Virus / isolation & purification*
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • France
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Immunoglobulin M / blood
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Molecular Typing
  • Population Surveillance
  • Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Urban Population

Substances

  • Antigens, Viral
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M