{"id":376941,"date":"2025-08-27T06:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/376941\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T06:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T06:32:10","slug":"first-native-cases-detected-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/376941\/","title":{"rendered":"First Native Cases Detected in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Cluster of 15 cases leads to launch of extermination programme of the insect in Bergerac<\/p>\n<p>\n        Tiger mosquitoes are responsible for spreading the disease<br \/>\n        Soumyabrata Roy\/Shutterstock\n    <\/p>\n<p>Native cases of the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya have been recorded in the Dordogne department in south-west France for the first time.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An outbreak of the tropical disease in Bergerac has led to a cluster of 15 native cases, reports the Nouvelle-Aquitaine Agence r\u00e9gionale de sant\u00e9 (ARS) health authority.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All cases were classed as \u2018native\u2019, meaning the people who fell ill had not left mainland France for at least 15 days prior to contracting the disease.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It indicates a strain of mosquitoes in the local area is therefore carrying the disease.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are now carrying out a mosquito extermination programme in the area in an attempt to limit the spread of the disease.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tiger mosquitoes are responsible for the spread of chikungunya as well as other tropical diseases such as dengue fever and Zika virus, and have been present in the south-west of France for several years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Between May and July this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connexionfrance.com\/news\/chikungunya-dengue-fever-zika-how-many-cases-in-each-french-region-this-summer\/740145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">47 native cases of chikungunya were recorded in France<\/a>. There was only a single native case last year.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>An outbreak of the disease in the French overseas department of R\u00e9union is partly due to the spread this year, as thousands of imported cases have been recorded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tiger mosquitoes native to France can bite those infected with the disease, become infected themselves, and pass it on through their bites.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It is mandatory for doctors to report suspected cases of chikungunya to national health authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Limit mosquito spread<\/p>\n<p>In mid-August, the ARS confirmed four cases of chikungunya in Bergerac, with another 11 suspected cases being reviewed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These were later confirmed, bringing the total in the outbreak \u2018cluster\u2019 to 15.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The cases were traced back to the \u2018Costes\u2019 suburb in the east of the town, more specifically between the E.Leclerc supermarket and the Stade de Campr\u00e9al.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms of chikungunya include fever, headache, muscle pain, rashes, conjunctivitis, and fatigue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In serious cases, it may hospitalise a patient.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Anyone experiencing these symptoms should immediately contact a doctor.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In addition, advice is to attempt to limit the proliferation of tiger mosquitoes, as well as reduce the risk of being bitten by the insects. <\/p>\n<p>Limiting potential breeding grounds of stagnant water (under plant pots, in ponds, gutters, etc) is the main advice, and using mosquito traps is also recommended. <\/p>\n<p>Wearing long and loose-fitting clothing and using insect repellent is also advised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A series of tips from Connexion readers on keeping mosquitoes away can also be found in our article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.connexionfrance.com\/magazine\/your-feedback-on-anti-mosquito-products-in-france-and-tips\/738182\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Cluster of 15 cases leads to launch of extermination programme of the insect in Bergerac Tiger mosquitoes are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":181717,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-376941","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-france","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-france"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115099333075327981","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376941","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=376941"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/376941\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/181717"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=376941"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=376941"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=376941"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}