coronavirus Sars-Cov-2, les Antilles doivent faire face à une autre menace sanitaire : une épidémie de dengue. Depuis le mois d'octobre 2019, plus de 9500 cas ont été recensés en Guadeloupe, à Saint-Barthélémy ou encore à Saint-Martin. Selon Santé Publique France, si cette épidémie tend vers la stabilisation, les statistiques restent au-dessus de "the weekly threshold value for the period“.” data-reactid = “19”> In addition to the Sars-Cov-2 coronavirus, the West Indies must face another health threat: a dengue epidemic. Since October 2019, more than 9,500 cases have been identified in Guadeloupe, Saint-Barthélémy or even Saint-Martin. According to Public Health France, if this epidemic tends towards stabilization, the statistics remain above “the weekly threshold value for the period“.
What is dengue?
Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus : this is the tiger mosquito) infected with the virus. Extremely rare, the virus can also be transmitted via blood transfusion or organ transplant. “Data-reactid =” 21 “> Dengue fever (also known as” tropical flu “) is a viral disease caused by an arbovirus which comes in 4 serotypes: DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4. It is transmitted to humans via the bite of a mosquito (Aedes aegypti or Aedes albopictus : this is the tiger mosquito) infected with the virus. Extremely rare, the virus can also be transmitted through a blood transfusion or organ transplant.
World Health Organization (WHO), there are 390 million cases of dengue fever annually worldwide, including 96 million symptomatic cases. Each year, 500,000 people around the world must be hospitalized because of this viral pathology: among them, 2.5% die. “Data-reactid =” 22 “>To know. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are 390 million cases of dengue fever annually worldwide, including 96 million symptomatic cases. Each year, 500,000 people around the world must be hospitalized because of this viral pathology: among them, 2.5% die.
Dengue fever is an infection that is most prevalent in the tropics and subtropics, such as South America, Southeast Asia, sub-Saharan Africa or the Eastern Mediterranean. On French territory, dengue is present in the Antilles, Guyana, Mayotte and (…)
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