What is chikungunya? How to avoid virus while on holiday as cases rise in France

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A demoustication operation will take place in Toulouse to stop the proliferation of the tiger mosquito. Objective: to prevent the local transmission of diseases such as dengue. What real risks in this affected area?

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There is an alert in the province of Piacenza for a confirmed case (Sunday, July 13) of Chikungunya in Castel San Giovanni, in the hamlet of Pievetta. It is an Italian man over 65, who did not travel to endemic areas, suggesting that the virus could have been transmitted locally. The patient, as informed the Ausl of Piacenza, experienced fever, joint and muscle pain, conjunctivitis and other symptoms typical of the disease. The diagnosis was pos…

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Near the German border, the tropical Chikungunya virus has surfaced. How dangerous is the situation in Lower Saxony?

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Experts are concerned about the current outbreak, because many people come to Europe from the French overseas department. And here the virus finds ever better conditions to settle down.

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With the summer that is there and the holidays that are looming, France must, as every year, prepare itself to fight against mosquitoes and especially the mosquito-tigres. Particularly invasive species throughout the world, it is the main vector of the transmission of chikungunya. Regions more affected than others Arrived in metropolitan France in 2004, the Tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus), particularly recognizable with its white and black str…