2023-08-26 16:43:00
In Guadeloupe, following the consultation of the dengue fever monitoring technical committee on August 17, 2023, Public Health France considers that the epidemiological situation of dengue fever now corresponds to the epidemic phase. Since the beginning of 2023 and until 24/08/2023, 960 biologically confirmed cases of dengue have been recorded in
Guadeloupe, of which 34% during the weeks 2023-31 to 2023-34. The south of the Lowland et St. Francois remain particularly affected. The DENV-2 serotype is
currently majority; the same DENV-2 serotype was also in the last dengue epidemic of 2019-2021.
In Martinique, the dengue fever management committee chaired by the prefect met on August 22, 2023 and triggered phase 4 level 1 (confirmed epidemic). Since the beginning of 2023, at least 724 confirmed cases of dengue have been detected, more than half of them (61%) during the last four weeks (weeks 2023-30 to 2023-33). Over the past four weeks (2023-30 to 2023-33), confirmed dengue fever cases were recorded in 28 communes on the island, with the communes reporting the highest number of cases being the communes of Trois-Ilets (64 cases), of Fort-de-France (47 cas), Schoelcher (40 cas), manatee (24 cas), Dukes et Saint Pierre (21 cases each)
A Saint-Martin : the epidemiological situation is calm, however it should be monitored carefully.
A Saint Barthélemy : the situation is changing on the territory with an increase in the number of cases recorded in recent weeks. Half of the confirmed cases recorded are passing through the territory or newly resident.
Recommendations for travelers:
During the stay: protect yourself from mosquito bites
Wear long clothes Sleep under an impregnated mosquito net Use mosquito repellents for the skin: skin creams or lotions which, depending on the brand, keep mosquitoes away between 6 and 12 hours. Particular attention to the products used must be paid to young children and pregnant women. If using sunscreen, the repellent should be applied at least 20 minutes following applying the sunscreen. Take advice from your pharmacist. apply all over the body avoid the face and hands insist on the ankles and feet Use mosquito repellents other than cutaneous: electric insecticide diffusers, coils, candles, rackets.
On the way back
In mainland France, the mosquito Aedes albopictus (commonly called “tiger mosquito”) is also a vector of dengue fever. Now established in 71 departments, this mosquito risks transmitting the disease to those around you if it bites you when you are a carrier of dengue when you return from your trip.
Also, during the 15 days following his return from a region where cases of dengue fever have been reported, it is recommended:
to continue to protect themselves once morest mosquito bites to prevent a mosquito of the genus Aedes bites you and is contaminated, in turn, by the dengue virus (wearing long clothes, using repellents, etc.). He might then transmit the virus to other people, during a bite;
to consult a doctor in case of fever, or headaches, or joint and/or muscle pain, or feeling of great fatigue, or skin rashes and to tell him which regions you have returned from.
Source: Public Health France
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