News on the presence of the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus in metropolitan France

Aedes albopictus (Tiger mosquito) lives mostly in urban areas. The females lay their eggs in containers close to the stagnant water. Aedes albopictus is spreading worldwide, helped by international transports of tires. In metropolitan France, it has settled down in the French Riviera since 2004, in...

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Published inArchives de pédiatrie : organe officiel de la Société française de pédiatrie Vol. 16 Suppl 2; pp. S66 - S71
Main Authors Delaunay, P, Jeannin, C, Schaffner, F, Marty, P
Format Journal Article
LanguageFrench
Published France 01.10.2009
Subjects
Aedes - classification
Aedes - virology
Alphavirus Infections - epidemiology
Alphavirus Infections - prevention & control
Alphavirus Infections - transmission
Alphavirus Infections - virology
Animals
Chikungunya virus
Dengue - epidemiology
Dengue - prevention & control
Dengue - transmission
Dengue - virology
Dengue Virus - isolation & purification
Dengue Virus - pathogenicity
Europe - epidemiology
Female
France - epidemiology
Humans
Mosquito Control - methods
France
Europe
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Summary:Aedes albopictus (Tiger mosquito) lives mostly in urban areas. The females lay their eggs in containers close to the stagnant water. Aedes albopictus is spreading worldwide, helped by international transports of tires. In metropolitan France, it has settled down in the French Riviera since 2004, in Corsica since 2006. It is also present in other Mediterranean countries like Italy and Spain. Since Italian outbreak in summer 2007, the risk to acquire an autochthonous chikungunya or dengue diseases in France is high. To limit that risk, the French Health Ministry elaborated in 2006, a national programme. This plan includes preventive actions for patients suspected of chikungunya or dengue after having come back from a tropical area.
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ISSN:1769-664X
DOI:10.1016/S0929-693X(09)75304-7