Chikungunya, Dengue, Zika, and West Nile in mainland France. Enhanced Surveillance Bulletin of September 17, 2025.

Key Points

Chikungunya, Dengue, and Zika

Indigenous cases

As of September 15, 2025, 65 outbreaks of locally transmitted chikungunya and dengue and a total of 505 cases have been identified in mainland France:

  • 479 cases of chikungunya spread across 54 outbreaks (1 to 87 cases per outbreak; 14 of these outbreaks have been closed)

  • 5 isolated cases of chikungunya for which the exact site of infection could not be identified

  • 21 cases of dengue fever spread across 11 outbreaks (1 to 5 cases per outbreak; 7 of these outbreaks have been contained)

The locally acquired cases are located in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, Corsica, Île-de-France, Occitanie, and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions, which were already affected in previous years, and for the first time this year in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Centre-Val de Loire, Grand Est, and Nouvelle-Aquitaine.

Imported cases

  • 982 imported cases of chikungunya

  • 919 imported cases of dengue

  • 10 imported cases of Zika

West Nile virus infections

Local cases

As of September 15, 2025, 32 human cases of vector-borne West Nile virus infection have been identified in 10 departments of mainland France. The affected regions are Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Occitanie, and, for the first time, Île-de-France and Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes.

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