Key Points

• Vector-borne diseases: Since the start of enhanced surveillance for chikungunya and dengue, 132 reports of clinically suggestive cases of either disease have been received by the Languedoc-Roussillon Regional Health Agency (ARS). Of these, 59 were confirmed as chikungunya and 15 as dengue. All of these cases contracted the disease while traveling in an endemic area (imported cases). To date, no locally acquired cases have been reported in Languedoc-Roussillon.

• Hospital and medical activity in the region: visits to emergency departments are declining sharply, which is typical at the end of the summer season. At the same time, there has been a marked decrease in emergency department visits by people who do not usually reside in the Languedoc-Roussillon region.

• Gastroenteritis: While diagnoses of gastroenteritis do not show any particular trend in emergency medicine, there is a trend toward an increase in these diagnoses in data from the SOS Médecins associations in Nîmes and Perpignan.

• Heat Wave and Health Alert System: SACS’s seasonal monitoring ended on August 31, 2014.