Health authorities in French Polynesia say despite it being the dry season, dengue has continued to spread, with 49 more people being infected in the last week of August.
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One person has been taken to hospital.
Dengue was still present in Tahiti, Bora Bora and Nuku Hiva in the Marquesas, they said in a statement.
There had been no new case of leptospirosis recently, but 125 cases have been registered this year.
Since the beginning of the year 163 people contracted a sexually transmitted infection, they said.