last updated 9 Aug 2019
Dengue is a disease that is borne by Aedes mosquitoes and that is widely spread in tropical and subtropical regions. Globally, the virus is predominantly transmitted by Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes. While Ae. aegypti is so far not established in continental EU, Ae. albopictus is established in the southern and central parts of the EU and is spreading.
Dengue is not endemic in the EU/EEA and the vast majority of the cases are travellers infected outside of the EU/EEA. When the environmental conditions are favourable, in areas where Ae. albopictus is established, viraemic travel-related cases may generate a local transmission of the virus, as demonstrated by the sporadic events of dengue virus transmission since 2010.
Dengue is a disease that is borne by Aedes mosquitoes and that is widely spread in tropical and subtropical regions. Globally, the virus is predominantly transmitted by Ae. aegypti and Ae. albopictus mosquitoes. While Ae. aegypti is so far not established in continental EU, Ae. albopictus is established in the southern and central parts of the EU and is spreading.
Dengue is not endemic in the EU/EEA and the vast majority of the cases are travellers infected outside of the EU/EEA. When the environmental conditions are favourable, in areas where Ae. albopictus is established, viraemic travel-related cases may generate a local transmission of the virus, as demonstrated by the sporadic events of dengue virus transmission since 2010.
2010 | Croatia, Korčula Island and the Pelje?ac peninsula | One case among a German traveller. Two Croatian cases (and seven probable cases in same area with IgG and IgM positive) |
August?October | Unknown | DEN-1 | [1-3] |
2010 | France, Alpes-Maritimes department, Nice | Two | End August?September | Martinique | DEN-1 | [4-6] |
2013 | France, Bouches?du-Rh?ne department, in the vicinity of Aix-en-Provence | One | October | Guadeloupe | DEN-2* | [6,7] |
2014 | France, Var department, Toulon | One | Early August | Unknown | DEN-1 (central America) | [6,8] |
2014 | France, Var department, Toulon | One | Early September | Unknown | DEN-2 (Asia) | [6,8] |
2014 | France, Bouches-du-Rh?ne department, Aubagne | Two | Late August?September | Unknown | DEN-2 (Asia) | [6,8] |
2015 | France, Gard department, N?mes | Eight | July?September | French Polynesia | DEN-1 | [9,10] |
2018 | France, Alpes Maritimes department, Saint Laurent du Var | Five | September?October | Unknown | DEN-2 (Asia) | [6,11] |
2018 | France, H?rault department, Montpellier | Two | September?August | Unknown | DEN-1 (central America) | [6,11] |
2018 | France, Gard department, N?mes | One | October | French Polynesia | DEN-1 (Pacific) | [6] |
2018 | Spain, Murcia Region and possibly Province of C?diz | Five | August?September | Unknown | DEN-1 | [11] |
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