The high number of imported chikungunya cases in mainland France poses a challenge for surveillance and response efforts

Published on 23 July 2014 Updated on 6 September 2019

During the summer of 2014, all the conditions were in place for local transmission of the chikungunya virus in certain departments in southern France: a competent vector, Aedes albopictus, and a large number of travelers returning from French departments in the Americas where a chikungunya epidemic was raging. This article describes the organization of the surveillance system for chikungunya and dengue in mainland France and its results. From May 2 to July 4, 2014, 126 confirmed imported cases were reported in mainland France. (R.A.)

Author(s): Paty MC, Six C, Charlet F, Heuze G, Cochet A, Wiegandt A, Chappert JL, 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

Publishing year: 2014

Pages: 404-8

Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin, 2014, n° 23, p. 404-8

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