Vector-borne transmission of Zika virus in Europe, southern France, August 2019
- Giron, Sandra
- Franke, Florian
- Decoppet, Anne
- Cadiou, Bernard
- Travaglini, Thierry
- Thirion, Laurence
- Durand, Guillaume
- Jeannin, Charles
- L’ambert, Grégory
- Grard, Gilda
- Noel, Harold
- Fournet, Nelly
- Auzet-Caillaud, Michelle
- Zandotti, Christine
- Aboukaïs, Samer
- Chaud, Pascal
- Guedj, Saby
- Hamouda, Lakri
- Naudot, Xavier
- Ovize, Anne
- Lazarus, Clément
- de Valk, Henriette
- Paty, Marie-Claire
- Leparc-Goffart, Isabelle
Publication date
November 2019
DOI Publisher
European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC)Abstract
International audienceOn 1 October 2019, a locally-acquired Zika virus disease case was laboratory confirmed in Hyères, Var department. Active case finding identified two additional locally-acquired cases living within 90 m, with symptom onset 8 days before the index case. Extensive patient interviews did not yield information supporting transmission through sexual contact or substances of human origin. Vector-borne transmission by local Aedes albopictus mosquitoes is the most likely mode of transmission. Here we describe the public health response
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