An increase in the weekly number of cases clinically suggestive of dengue in city medicine was observed the first week of July in Saint-Martin with 73 cases estimated against 21 the previous week, indicates Public Health France in its last bulletin. "Nevertheless, this estimate is comparable to the values observed per week on average during the months of May and June", it is specified.
Since the start of the epidemic, that is since the third week of January, nearly 1730 cases clinically suggestive of dengue have been recorded in the French part. The number of biologically confirmed cases, on the other hand, has remained stable for three weeks with 13 cases reported the first week of July. Since the start of the epidemic 422 biologically confirmed cases of dengue have been recorded.
The dengue serotype was identified on 126 samples: the DENV-1 serotype is the majority (78,6%) and the DENV-2 (11,9%) and DENV-3 (9,5%) serotypes are also found. .
Four epidemic foci are currently active: Cul-de-sac, Orient Bay, Nettle Bay and Orient Garden. (soualigapost.com)
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