Chikungunya is a disease that is transmitted by mosquito bites infected with this virus. “”We are talking about indigenous cases when a person has contracted the disease on the national territory and has not traveled in the contaminated zone within 15 days preceding the appearance of symptoms “explains the Regional Health Agency (ARS) Nouvelle-Aquitaine. And it is precisely an indigenous case of Chikungunya that she announced this Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
A child infected with chikungunya in Gironde
This case was detected in the town of Illats, in Gironde, which has 1,400 inhabitants, reports The South Gironde Republican. According to the first elements given by the ARS, the person affected is a 5 -year -old child who was taken care of in the hospital. The news is rather reassuring: it is no longer hospitalized and “His state of health is not inspired by concern”.
“Immediate measures are implemented to limit any risk of spread” Disease, explains ARS Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Thus, demustication operation must be carried out in public space and in private gardens around the places frequented by the child during the period when he was contagious: “The objective is to eliminate larval lodges and adult mosquitoes that can transmit the virus.”
Chikungunya symptoms
ARS and Public Health France will then conduct a door-to-door investigation with the town hall of Illats in order to “To identify people who may have evocative symptoms […] and inform them of the driving to be held “. Sector health players (liberal doctors, hospitals, laboratories) are mobilized for “Take charge, detect and recall prevention measures to people who could present the symptoms of chikungunya”.
As the Pasteur Institute and ARS explain, the symptoms of a chikungunya virus infection can be joint damage (wrists, fingers, ankles, feet and knees mainly, more rarely hips and shoulders) “Often very disabling”headaches, a “fever greater than 38.5 ° C of sudden appearance”muscle pain, rash in the trunk and limbs, conjunctiva or “Inflammation of one or more cervical lymph nodes”. Patricia Peigney, mayor of Illats, indicates that no one else has reported this type of symptoms in the sector and she encourages “Do not give in to panic”.
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