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Hérault identifies its first indigenous case, 16 cases identified in France in 2024
September 9, 2024
An indigenous case of the West Nile virus has been identified in Baillargues in the metropolitan area of Montpellier, France Bleu Hérault learned from the department’s prefecture on Monday, September 9. This is the first time that the Hérault department has officially confirmed an indigenous human case of the West Nile virus since 1962 and the start of surveillance of this disease by the French authorities. In total, France has had 16 indigenous human cases, i.e. caused by an infected mosquito circulating in France, since the beginning of 2024: this new case identified in Hérault, 12 cases in Var from mid-July to the end of August, one case in Guadeloupe in early August, and two cases in Gard in late August.
After circulating in several towns in Var in August, then in Vauvert in Gard at the beginning of September, the West Nile virus has been identified in Hérault. The resident of Baillargues who contracted the disease was hospitalized. His state of health is now stable, the Hérault prefecture indicated in a press release. Three horses have also tested positive for the West Nile virus, two of them have died. Four other suspicions of equine contamination have been identified...
Hérault identifies its first indigenous case, 16 cases identified in France in 2024
September 9, 2024
An indigenous case of the West Nile virus has been identified in Baillargues in the metropolitan area of Montpellier, France Bleu Hérault learned from the department’s prefecture on Monday, September 9. This is the first time that the Hérault department has officially confirmed an indigenous human case of the West Nile virus since 1962 and the start of surveillance of this disease by the French authorities. In total, France has had 16 indigenous human cases, i.e. caused by an infected mosquito circulating in France, since the beginning of 2024: this new case identified in Hérault, 12 cases in Var from mid-July to the end of August, one case in Guadeloupe in early August, and two cases in Gard in late August.
After circulating in several towns in Var in August, then in Vauvert in Gard at the beginning of September, the West Nile virus has been identified in Hérault. The resident of Baillargues who contracted the disease was hospitalized. His state of health is now stable, the Hérault prefecture indicated in a press release. Three horses have also tested positive for the West Nile virus, two of them have died. Four other suspicions of equine contamination have been identified...