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Below is a google translated article of current interest from Le Journal and data from Santé publique France.
The first forum appearance of dengue (2006), according to a prior post from JEK, may be interesting to read after these years of Forum Virology and Epidemiology. Many will have remember that just as COVID-19 is getting the attention these days, other viruses got attention during 2014-15 and during a prior dengue epidemic year (2015-16) in St Barth. Can you name those viruses? Click here and here for answers.
THE EMERGING DENGUE EPIDEMIC
by V.A 07/01/2020
Saint-Barthélemy will soon be in an epidemic situation with the circulation of dengue. The number of cases has been increasing steadily since mid-April.
The resurgence of dengue cases continues. If all the districts are affected, the most sensitive are Marigot, Lorient, Gustavia, Vitet, Saline and Grand-Cul-de-Sac. According to the technical committee for monitoring dengue fever, the situation is reaching the epidemic stage. The serotype that circulates in majority is DENV-2.
Since December, 477 cases suggestive of dengue fever have been reported by general practitioners on the island. Of which seventy-six between June 1 and June 21. During this same period, each week, three to thirteen cases were biologically confirmed. This brings the total to 165 since December.
Also from June 1 to 21, dengue fever is suspected of having taken 20 people to the emergency room at Bruyn Hospital, for a total of 67 since December, 22 of whom required hospitalization.
Around us, the epidemic is confirmed in Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Martinique. To fight against dengue it is necessary to fight against the mosquito Aedes aegypti. "It is a domestic mosquito that reproduces mainly in small collections of clear water, inside or around homes," said Public Health France. “Individual prevention is essentially based on the means of protection against mosquito bites (repellents in sprays or creams, coils, electric diffusers, long clothes, mosquito nets). The mobilization of everyone makes it possible to reduce risks at the individual but also collective level by reducing the density of mosquitoes. Without the support of the people, vector control actors would not be able to cope. "
This is from the most recent point épidémiologique issued by Santé publique France :
The first forum appearance of dengue (2006), according to a prior post from JEK, may be interesting to read after these years of Forum Virology and Epidemiology. Many will have remember that just as COVID-19 is getting the attention these days, other viruses got attention during 2014-15 and during a prior dengue epidemic year (2015-16) in St Barth. Can you name those viruses? Click here and here for answers.
THE EMERGING DENGUE EPIDEMIC
by V.A 07/01/2020
Saint-Barthélemy will soon be in an epidemic situation with the circulation of dengue. The number of cases has been increasing steadily since mid-April.
The resurgence of dengue cases continues. If all the districts are affected, the most sensitive are Marigot, Lorient, Gustavia, Vitet, Saline and Grand-Cul-de-Sac. According to the technical committee for monitoring dengue fever, the situation is reaching the epidemic stage. The serotype that circulates in majority is DENV-2.
Since December, 477 cases suggestive of dengue fever have been reported by general practitioners on the island. Of which seventy-six between June 1 and June 21. During this same period, each week, three to thirteen cases were biologically confirmed. This brings the total to 165 since December.
Also from June 1 to 21, dengue fever is suspected of having taken 20 people to the emergency room at Bruyn Hospital, for a total of 67 since December, 22 of whom required hospitalization.
Around us, the epidemic is confirmed in Guadeloupe, Saint-Martin and Martinique. To fight against dengue it is necessary to fight against the mosquito Aedes aegypti. "It is a domestic mosquito that reproduces mainly in small collections of clear water, inside or around homes," said Public Health France. “Individual prevention is essentially based on the means of protection against mosquito bites (repellents in sprays or creams, coils, electric diffusers, long clothes, mosquito nets). The mobilization of everyone makes it possible to reduce risks at the individual but also collective level by reducing the density of mosquitoes. Without the support of the people, vector control actors would not be able to cope. "
This is from the most recent point épidémiologique issued by Santé publique France :
