Health officials with the Provence-Alpes-Cote d”Azur (PACA) region have reported the fourth autochthonous dengue fever case since August, according to a Prensa Latina report Monday.
This case was from the commune of Aubagne. The three earlier cases reported from the region were from Var, Toulon and Bouches-du-Rhone.
Dengue fever is an infectious disease carried by mosquitoes and caused by any of four related dengue viruses. This disease used to be called “break-bone fever” because it sometimes causes severe joint and muscle pain that feels like bones are breaking.
People get the dengue virus from the bite of an infected Aedes mosquito. It is not contagious from person to person. For more infectious disease news and information, visit and “like” the Infectious Disease News Facebook page
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The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates there may be 50–100 million dengue infections worldwide every year. However, new research from the University of Oxford and the Wellcome Trust, using cartographic approaches, estimate there to be 390 million dengue infections per year worldwide.
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