The overseas French territory of Guadeloupe declared a dengue epidemic on Thursday, with authorities noting the outbreak was being driven by a less common strain of the mosquito-borne disease.

The Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe has declared a dengue epidemic, with authorities noting the outbreak was being driven ...

Authorities in the Caribbean archipelago of Guadeloupe on Thursday declared a dengue epidemic driven by a virus strain that ...

Authorities warned that the uncommon dengue strain could lead to severe cases and high caseloads without intensified ...

in a trap located 100 meters from two indigenous dengue fever cases and a another infected person, who had come back to mainland France from Guadeloupe. Researchers identified the virus strain as ...

Currently, dengue cases are localised mainly in the ... travellers returning from the French Caribbean territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique, in the grip of extensive outbreaks for over a ...

Dengue fever cases surge in France since start of year The majority of these cases (68%) involved travellers returning from the French overseas territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique, which have ...

So far this year, 1,612 dengue deaths have been reported in the Americas ... In the Caribbean, the Dominican Republic, Martinique, and Guadeloupe have been the top hot spots, and in the United States, ...

Cases are lower than last year, when more than 1,000 died, but dengue deaths are now being recorded nearly every month, medics say. More than 65,000 cases had been recorded at the start of November.

Health officials did not identify the patient, or how they became infected with the dengue virus. Most dengue cases typically seen in the county are associated with travel to areas where the virus ...