Chikungunya outbreak in Montpellier, France, September to October 2014
Autor(es): Delisle E, Rousseau C, Broche B, Leparc-Goffart I, L'Ambert G, Cochet A, Prat C, Foulongne V, Ferre J B, Catelinois O, Flusin O, Tchernonog E, Moussion I E, Wieg-t A, Septfons A, Mendy A,Moyano M B,Laporte L,Maurel J,Jourdain F,Reynes J,Paty M C,Golliot F
Resumo: In October 2014, an outbreak of 12 autochthonous chikungunya cases, 11 confirmed - 1 probable, was detected in a district of Montpellier, a town in the south of France colonised by the vector Aedes albopictus since 2010. A case returning from Cameroon living in the affected district was identified as the primary case. The epidemiological investigations - the repeated vector control treatments performed in the area - around places frequented by cases helped to contain the outbreak. In 2014, the chikungunya - dengue surveillance system in mainl- France was challenged by numerous imported cases due to the chikungunya epidemic ongoing in the Caribbean Isl-s. This first significant outbreak of chikungunya in Europe since the 2007 Italian epidemic, however, was due to an East Central South African (ECSA) strain, imported by a traveller returning from West Africa. Important lessons were learned from this episode, which reminds us that the threat of a chikungunya epidemic in southern Europe is real.
Imprenta: Euro Surveillance, v. 20, n. 17, 2015
Identificador do objeto digital: 10.2807/1560-7917.ES2015.20.17.21108
Descritores: Chikungunya virus - Pathogenesis ; Chikungunya virus - Viral infections ; Chikungunya virus - Real Time PCR ; Chikungunya Virus - Virus ; Chikungunya virus - Chikungunya fever ; Chikungunya virus - Dengue ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemic ; Chikungunya virus - Epidemiology ; Chikungunya virus - Public health
Data de publicação: 2015
