Cases explode in the Province and there are already more than ten municipalities on alert

He dengue unprecedented progress in Argentina. During the second week of February, 4,790 casesa 654.33% more than in the same period last year, when 635 cases. In turn, between January and February 2024, there were 28 deaths in the country. Which is the complex epidemiological situation which is recorded in the Buenos Aires province and how prevent disease?

Dengue in the province of Buenos Aires: which are the most affected municipalities

During the last week, cases in the Buenos Aires province increased by a 66% and there is ten municipalities with the highest incidence rate.

Since the beginning of the new outbreak, during the last seven days, cases have gone from 1,796 to 2,997 with predominance of the serotype DEN2while they were counted four deathsaccording to the Buenos Aires Minister of Health, Nicholas Kreplak.

“Since the end of the dengue outbreak period in 2023 in PBA (SE 35/2023) until SE 7/2024, 9,247 suspected casesof which 2,997 were confirmed“, 311 are probable, 731 cases were ruled out and 5,208 are still under study,” the official specified.

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San Fernando, Hurlingham, Vicente López, San Isidro, José C. Paz, Morón, Bahía Blanca, Esteban Echeverría, Malvinas Argentinas, San Pedro, San Martín, Pilar, Tigre, Vicente Lopez, Ezeiza, Berazategui, Avellaneda, Florencio Varela, Almirante Brown, Quilmes, Lomas de Zamora, Tres de Febrero, Moreno, Merlo and La Matanza are the Buenos Aires municipalities with the highest incidence rate of dengue.

In all those localities the circulation of the DEN-1 and DEN-2 serotypes and in Hummock A case DEN-3.

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Dengue: what it is, symptoms and how it is transmitted

According to him Ministry of Health of the Nation“Is a viral disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito bite“. When the mosquito feeds on the blood of a person sick with dengue, and then bites other people, it can transmit this disease. Contagion occurs mainly through infected mosquito bitenever directly from one person to another, nor through objects or breast milk.

The symptoms can be fever (38° or more) accompanied by one or more of the following:

• Pain head, behind the eyes, muscles and/or joints.
• Nausea and/or vomiting.
• Intense fatigue.
• Appearance of stains on the skin.
• Itch.
• Nose and/or gum bleeding.

In the presence of fever and any of these symptoms, it should be go immediately to the nearest health center to receive appropriate treatment.

If when the fever subsides or in the following days any of the symptoms worsen, reappears or new symptoms are detectedI went to the health center/health service immediately.

If you have a diagnosis of dengue, do not forget to attend the medical check-ups planned for clinical follow-up.

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Bahía Blanca registered 12 cases of dengue so far this year and will carry out prevention tasks

The Buenos Aires city of White Bay record 12 confirmed cases of dengue from the beginning of the year until the last weekend, and tomorrow he will prevention tasks before a new suspicious caseit was officially reported.

As indicated by the municipality, “from January 1 until this weekend, 12 confirmed cases of dengueof which three are native“. In this context, the municipality of White Bay will take place this Wednesday prevention tasksbefore a new suspicious case dengue in a sector of the city, it was officially reported.

From the municipality it was indicated that “between 8:30 and 11:30 the activities will be carried out in a sector of the University neighborhoodwhere a suspicious case“.

“Health and Environmental Sanitation Personnel will be in charge of the same where will provide informationthey will carry out the search for symptomatic people and there will be controls in patios and gardens“, they indicated.

“In the face of symptoms like high fever, headache and pain behind the eyes, joint and muscle pain without the presence of respiratory symptoms such as cough, cold or sore throat, do not self-medicatedo not take aspirin or ibuprofen and consult your doctor quickly. Clinic or to your family doctor,” they concluded.