About the Authors

Elodie Descloux

elodie.descloux@hotmail.com

Affiliations UMR190, Emergence of Viral Pathologies, Institute of Research for the Development, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France, Department of Internal Medicine, Territorial Hospital Centre of New Caledonia, Noumea, New Caledonia

Morgan Mangeas

Affiliation UMR ESPACE-DEV 228, Institute of Research for the Development, Noumea, New Caledonia

Christophe Eugène Menkes

Affiliation UMR 7159/UR 182, LOCEAN, Institute of Research for the Development, Noumea, New Caledonia

Matthieu Lengaigne

Affiliation UMR 7159/UR 182, LOCEAN, Institute of Research for the Development, University Paris VI, Paris, France

Anne Leroy

Affiliation Météo-France, Noumea, New Caledonia

Temaui Tehei

Affiliation Météo-France, Noumea, New Caledonia

Laurent Guillaumot

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Entomology, Pasteur Institute, Noumea, New Caledonia

Magali Teurlai

Affiliation UMR ESPACE-DEV 228, Institute of Research for the Development, Noumea, New Caledonia

Ann-Claire Gourinat

Affiliation Laboratory of Virology, Pasteur Institute, Noumea, New Caledonia

Justus Benzler

Affiliation Public Health Surveillance and Communicable Disease Control Section, Public Health Division, Secretariat of the Pacific Community, Noumea, New Caledonia

Anne Pfannstiel

Affiliation Health Department, Direction of Health and Social Affairs of New Caledonia, Noumea, New Caledonia

Jean-Paul Grangeon

Affiliation Health Department, Direction of Health and Social Affairs of New Caledonia, Noumea, New Caledonia

Nicolas Degallier

Affiliation UMR 7159/UR 182, LOCEAN, Institute of Research for the Development, University Paris VI, Paris, France

Xavier De Lamballerie

Affiliation UMR190, Emergence of Viral Pathologies, Institute of Research for the Development, Aix-Marseille University, Marseille, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM CEM ED LG JB. Analyzed the data: ED MM CEM MT AL TT LG JB JPG ML ND XDL. Wrote the paper: ED MM CEM ML. Performed the epidemiological data collection and analysis: ACG AP JPG ED. Performed the entomological data collection and analysis: LG MT ED MM CEM. Performed the climate data collection and analysis: AL TT MM CM ED. Performed modelling: MM AL.