2023-10-23 09:32:45
CIRAD (Centre for international cooperation in agricultural research for development) has detected the Crimean-Congo Hemorrhagic Fever (CCHF) virus in ticks of the species Hyalomma marginatum collected from cattle in the Pyrénées-Orientales. These first analyzes were confirmed by the CNR (National Reference Center) for Viral Hemorrhagic Fevers of the Pasteur Institute, thus establishing for the first time the presence of the virus in France.
No cases have been detected in humans in France to date. Public Health France takes stock of the risks for the population and recalls the recommendations to prevent tick bites for breeders, farmers, hikers and any other person likely to frequent the places (pastures, scrubland in particular) where these ticks are found. ticks around the Mediterranean. In these geographical areas, ANSES also calls on hunters to limit contact with blood and bodily fluids when skinning small mammals and in particular hares (wearing gloves and masks).
In its scientific expertise published in June 2023, ANSES confirmed the risk of emergence of FHCC in France and called for the implementation of surveillance of ticks of the genus Hyalomma at national scale.
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