Imported cases of dengue fever diagnosed in metropolitan France, from January 2001 to December 2006
Autor(es): Tarantola, A.; Quatresous, I.; Ledrans, M.; Lassel, L.; Krastinova, E.; Cordel, H.; Lapidus, N.; Debruyne, M.; Poveda, J. -D.; Boude-Chevalier, M.; Schuffenecker, I.; Zeller, H.; Grandadam, M.; Tolou, H.; Paquet, C.
Resumo: Dengue fever is the main emerging vector-borne disease worldwide. It was estimated that 40% of the world population is at risk. A potential vector (Aedes albopictus) is present in four French departments of the southeast Area of metropolitan France.Method. - The authors tried to document the number of imported cases of dengue diagnosed from 2001 to 2006, inclusive, as well as their main features.Results. - Between 12 and 28 cases of imported dengue were diagnosed every month during that period (eight to 18 cases per month except for years 2001-2002 during which an important dengue epidemic was documented in the French West Indies). Nearly 40% of the cases were imported between June and September during which the vector is active in the metropolitan Area.Conclusion. - This data underlines the strong and close link between the endemic zones of the French territory (French West Indies and Guyana) 0 and the risk of imported cases to metropolitan France. The identification of this "importation track" entails strengthening the system for detecting and managing imported dengue cases in metropolitan France when a dengue epidemic is detected in the French West Indies. (c) 2008 Elsevier Masson SAS.
Palavras-Chave: Aedes; Dengue
Imprenta: Medecine et Maladies Infectieuses, v. 39, n. 1, p. 41-47, 2009
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.1016/j.medmal.2008.09.005
Descritores: Aedes aegypti - Dengue ; Aedes aegypti - Epidemiology
Data de publicação: 2009
