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Epidemics transmitted by mosquitoes ? a cause of concern in the Pacific
Posted by: admin Posted date: January 24, 2014
Thursday 23 January 2014, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia ? The first locally-acquired case of Zika virus infection that was detected in New Caledonia on Friday (17 January 2014) represents a new epidemic threat to the territory and the Pacific region, which is already affected by several epidemics of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes.
?We are concerned about the increase in the frequency and variety of epidemics of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in the region over the years. They threaten more and more the health security of the Pacific populations and the world,? says Dr Yvan Souar?s, Deputy Director of the Public Health Division at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
In 2012, the four serotypes of dengue fever virus (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4) were circulating in the region for the first time in a given calendar year.
Last year (2013) was marked by an unprecedented number and variety of epidemics of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes: eleven dengue epidemics of three different serotypes, three chikungunya epidemics and one Zika virus epidemic were recorded in the Pacific region...
Epidemics transmitted by mosquitoes ? a cause of concern in the Pacific
Posted by: admin Posted date: January 24, 2014
Thursday 23 January 2014, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia ? The first locally-acquired case of Zika virus infection that was detected in New Caledonia on Friday (17 January 2014) represents a new epidemic threat to the territory and the Pacific region, which is already affected by several epidemics of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes.
?We are concerned about the increase in the frequency and variety of epidemics of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes in the region over the years. They threaten more and more the health security of the Pacific populations and the world,? says Dr Yvan Souar?s, Deputy Director of the Public Health Division at the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC).
In 2012, the four serotypes of dengue fever virus (DENV-1, DENV-2, DENV-3 and DENV-4) were circulating in the region for the first time in a given calendar year.
Last year (2013) was marked by an unprecedented number and variety of epidemics of diseases transmitted by mosquitoes: eleven dengue epidemics of three different serotypes, three chikungunya epidemics and one Zika virus epidemic were recorded in the Pacific region...