Chikungunya virus, southeastern France.
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...…in 2007 (205 infections) (Rezza et al., 2007), and France in 2010 and 2014 (2 and 11 locally transmitted cases, respectively) (La Ruche et al., 2010; Grandadam et al., 2011; Paty et al., 2014) as well as its recent invasion into the Americas with over 1 million cases recorded to date (Cauchemez…...
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..., 2007), and France in 2010 and 2014 (2 and 11 locally transmitted cases, respectively) (La Ruche et al., 2010; Grandadam et al., 2011; Paty et al., 2014) as well as its recent invasion into the Americas with over 1 million cases recorded to date (Cauchemez et al....
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...Of the invasive mosquito species discovered in Europe, the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes (Stegomyia) albopictus, probably presents the major threat to public health in Europe....
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...Key Words: Aedes—Europe—Invasive mosquitoes—Vector-borne disease....
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...It is found throughout tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, Africa, and Asia, as well as the southeastern U.S., the Indian Ocean islands, and northern Australia (Soumahoro et al. 2010)....
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...A. aegypti was also responsible for large epidemics of dengue in Greece in 1927–1928 (Rosen 1986), and outbreaks of CHIKV have occurred more recently in Kenya, India, other parts of Asia, and the Comoros Islands (Gould and Higgs 2009)....
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...In 2010, two autochthonous CHIKV cases were also reported in France following reports of an imported case from Asia (Grandadam et al. 2011)....
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...More recently, in September 2010, an autochthonous transmission of CHIKV was recorded in southeastern France with two confirmed cases (Gould et al., 2010; Grandadam et al., 2011)....
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