Infectious disease risks at the Rugby World Cup 2023 in France - Beware of Aedes and co!

Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq^{1

2

3}, Nadja Hedrich⁴, Thibault Lovey⁴, Philippe Gautret^{5

6}, Patricia Schlagenhauf⁷

Affiliations

¹ Infectious Disease Unit, Specialty Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴ Institute for Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention, Department of Public and Global Health, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
⁵ Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France.
⁶ IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
⁷ WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers' Health, Institute for Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention, Department of Public and Global Health, MilMedBiol Competence Centre, University of Zürich, Switzerland.

Editorial

Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq et al. New Microbes New Infect. 2023.

. 2023 Sep 9:54:101178.

doi: 10.1016/j.nmni.2023.101178. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Jaffar A Al-Tawfiq^{1

2

3}, Nadja Hedrich⁴, Thibault Lovey⁴, Philippe Gautret^{5

6}, Patricia Schlagenhauf⁷

¹ Infectious Disease Unit, Specialty Internal Medicine, Johns Hopkins Aramco Healthcare, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
² Division of Infectious Diseases, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.
⁴ Institute for Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention, Department of Public and Global Health, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
⁵ Aix Marseille Univ, IRD, AP-HM, SSA, VITROME, Marseille, France.
⁶ IHU-Méditerranée Infection, Marseille, France.
⁷ WHO Collaborating Centre for Travellers' Health, Institute for Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention, Department of Public and Global Health, MilMedBiol Competence Centre, University of Zürich, Switzerland.

No abstract available

Keywords: Aedes; France; Mass gatherings; Mosquito borne infection; Rugby sport.

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