Argentina is recording the biggest explosion of dengue cases in its history, with more than 100,000 cases detected in the first quarter of 2024, eleven times more than in the same period last year. Since the start of the austral summer of 2023-2024, which corresponds to winter in the Northern Hemisphere, 106 people have died.
“Public hospitals have activated special protocols in some cases. Several provinces have rescheduled elective surgeries to free up more beds. Emergency departments, which were already under pressure before the epidemic, are overwhelmed by the demand for patients with dengue symptoms. described from Buenos Aires El Pais America. Headaches, muscle or joint pain, nausea and skin rashes are some of the main symptoms of this infectious disease transmitted by female mosquitoes. Aedes aegypti.
Although dengue fever has been present in Argentina for several decades, this recent epidemic is notable, in addition to the increase in the number of cases, for its expansion in geographic range. Previously, it was limited to the northern and central provinces, the warmest in the country.
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