A New Challenge for Hospitals in Southeast France: Monitoring Local Populations of Aedes albopictus to Prevent Nosocomial Transmission of Dengue or Chikungunya

Christelle Cotteaux-Lautard; Jean-Michel Berenger; François Fusca; Hubert Chardon; Fabrice Simon; Frederic Pagès

doi:10.2987/12-6288R.1

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1 March 2013 A New Challenge for Hospitals in Southeast France: Monitoring Local Populations of Aedes albopictus to Prevent Nosocomial Transmission of Dengue or Chikungunya

Christelle Cotteaux-Lautard, Jean-Michel Berenger, François Fusca, Hubert Chardon, Fabrice Simon, Frederic Pagès

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J. of the American Mosquito Control Association, 29(1):81-83 (2013). https://doi.org/10.2987/12-6288R.1

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Aedes albopictus was first identified in southern France in 2004, inducing an emerging risk for autochthonous transmission around imported cases of dengue or chikungunya, and also for mosquito-borne nosocomial transmission in hospitals. Aedes albopictus has been present in Marseille since September 2009 and in Aix-en-Provence since August 2010. Because of the possible admission of viremic patients with dengue or chikungunya in the hospitals of these cities, a mosquito survey was conducted in 2011 in 2 of the hospitals, with the use of mosquito traps. Aedes albopictus was detected with Eisenhans II™ traps and egg traps in both hospitals during the warm season.

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Christelle Cotteaux-Lautard, Jean-Michel Berenger, François Fusca, Hubert Chardon, Fabrice Simon, and Frederic Pagès "A New Challenge for Hospitals in Southeast France: Monitoring Local Populations of Aedes albopictus to Prevent Nosocomial Transmission of Dengue or Chikungunya," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 29(1), 81-83, (1 March 2013). https://doi.org/10.2987/12-6288R.1

Published: 1 March 2013

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