From bites to ripple effects: Unraveling the health, economic, and social effects of arboviral epidemics in Mainland France
Bénédicte Apouey, Véronique Raimond, Elodie Rouvière, Carine Milcent, David Roiz, Jean-Michel Salles, Frédéric Simard, Yannick Simonin, Josselin Thuilliez, Marie-Claire Paty · 2026
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Bénédicte Apouey and a team trace, in a 2026 analysis, how mosquito-borne epidemics ripple through France far beyond the fever ward. The tiger mosquito arrived in 2004 and by early 2025 had colonized 81 departments, bringing acquired dengue, chikungunya, and even Zika onto French soil. Locally caught cases, once novelties, reached 834 across dengue and chikungunya in 2025 alone. The authors set out to document what such outbreaks do to a high-income health system and society.
Their account maps three channels of damage: strain on healthcare services during surges, direct economic losses from illness, control campaigns, and disrupted activity, and social disruption in affected communities. Because the vector is now entrenched, they argue France must treat arboviral outbreaks as a recurring structural risk rather than an exotic surprise. The paper closes by pressing for intersectoral action and pre-committed resources for vector control, sized to the documented costs of reacting late.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Bénédicte Apouey, Véronique Raimond, Elodie Rouvière, Carine Milcent, David Roiz, Jean-Michel Salles, Frédéric Simard, Yannick Simonin, Josselin Thuilliez, Marie-Claire Paty |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |