Italy, France and Spain all report record numbers of local dengue transmission in 2024
To date in 2024, the combined locally acquired dengue fever cases in three mainland European countries has reached 282, the most in any year since the first such cases were reported in 2010.
Italy
In Italy, a total of 194 locally acquired dengue cases have been reported to date. Cases have been distributed in the following regions— Abruzzo (8 cases), Emilia-Romagna (36 cases), Lombardy (10 cases), the Marches (136 cases), Tuscany (2 cases), Veneto (1 case) regions, plus one case that was reported without a place of infection.
456 imported cases have also been reported in Italy.
No deaths have been reported.
The previous high reported in Italy was in 2023 when 82 cases were reported.
France
French health authorities, Sante publique France, report 80 people have contracted dengue locally this year to date.
Cases are reported in the following departments: Alpes-Maritimes (17 cases in 3 clusters), Drôme (2 cases), Hérault (3 cases in 2 clusters), Pyrénées-Orientales or Lozère (2 cases), Vaucluse (18 cases) and Var (38 cases in 2 clusters) departments.
The prior high was reported in 2022 when 65 locally acquired cases were recorded.
Since the beginning of the year, Santé Publique France has recorded 3,938 imported dengue cases.
Spain
In Spain, eight locally acquired dengue cases have been reported year to date in the Camp de Tarragona area in Catalonia region.
The previous high of six cases was reported twice before-2018 in Catalonia and in 2022 in Ibiza.
