Key points

In Guadeloupe:

• An estimated 930 cases since the start of the outbreak (weeks 2013-07 through 2013-10)

In Martinique:

• An estimated 250 cases since the start of the outbreak (weeks 2013-09 and 2013-10)

In Guadeloupe, as in Martinique, there has been a resurgence of chickenpox, which began in the second and last weeks of February 2013, respectively, for Guadeloupe and Martinique. The scale of the outbreak is currently greater in Guadeloupe than in Martinique.