2023-04-21 16:53:16
At the end of April 2023, the “Aedes albopictus” mosquito, better known as the tiger mosquito, invaded 71% of the national territory. According to the site vigilance-moustiques.com, 68 French departments are currently in red vigilance, where this mosquito is declared implanted and active.
Very strong vigilance is required. In recent years, the presence of the “Aedes albopictus” mosquito, known as the tiger mosquito, has increased sharply in France.
According to the website vigilance-moustiques.compartner of a brand of mosquito repellent products, four new departments have recently been placed on red alert, bringing the total number of departments where the tiger mosquito is strongly present to 68.
This vigilance concerns in particular Ain, Aisne, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Hautes-Alpes, Alpes-Maritimes, Ardèche, Ariège, Aude, Aveyron, Bouches- du-Rhône, Cantal, Charente, Charente-Maritime, Cher, Corrèze, South Corsica, Haute-Corse, Côte-d’Or, Dordogne, Doubs, Drôme, Gard, Haute-Garonne, Gers, Gironde, Hérault, Indre, Indre-et-Loire, Isère, Jura and Landes.
To this long list can also be added Loir-et-Cher, Loire, Loire-Atlantique, Loiret, Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, Lozère, Maine-et-Loire, Mayenne, Meurthe-et-Moselle, Nièvre, Puy-de-Dôme, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Hautes-Pyrénées, Pyrénées-Orientales, Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin, Rhône, Saône-et-Loire, Savoie, Haute-Savoie, Paris, Seine-et-Marne, Yvelines, Deux-Sèvres, Tarn, Tarn-et-Garonne, Var, Vaucluse, Vendée, Vienne, Haute- Vienne, Essonne, Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, Val-de-Marne and Val-d’Oise.
9 outbreaks in France in 2022
According to vigilance-moustiques.com, specific monitoring of the tiger mosquito, of tropical origin, has become necessary in recent years due to health alerts caused by this type of mosquito.
“The tiger mosquito is a potential vector of serious diseases (dengue fever, chikungunya and to a lesser extent the Zika virus), which experience regular epidemic episodes in tourist areas (and in particular in our overseas departments) which are very appreciated by French and European travellers, who therefore represent as many risk factors once returned to France, ”we can read.
In 2022, France experienced 9 epidemic outbreaks and 65 indigenous cases. But the health authorities want at all costs to avoid the Italian scenario of 2009. That year, a person carrying the Chikungunya disease arrived in the country during the month of June. A month later, the first autochthonous case was declared. In August, at least 300 cases were identified.
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