Argentina reports 6-times the number of dengue cases compared to last year
In Argentina, the analysis of the information for the epidemiological characterization of dengue and other arboviruses is carried out by “season”, understood as a period of 52 weeks from the epidemiological week (EW) 31 of one year to EW 30 of the following year.
So far in the 2023/2024 season (EW 31/2023 until EW 12/2024) 180,529 cases of dengue (90% indigenous, 7% under investigation and 3% imported) were registered in Argentina, of which 163,419 were registered from EW1 to EW12 of 2024.
Compared to other epidemic years, the current season is characterized by a greater magnitude than previous seasons, The accumulated cases until EW12 represent just over 6 times that recorded in the same period of the previous season - 2022/2023- and the 2015/2016 season, and almost 10 times what was registered in the same period from 2019/2020.
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129 deaths were reported in 15 jurisdictions (119 deaths in 2024 alone).
During this season, three serotypes circulating in the country have been identified so far, with predominance of DEN-2, followed by DEN-1 and a few cases of DEN-3.
Dengue is a disease caused by a virus spread through mosquito bites. The disease can take up to 2 weeks to develop with illness generally lasting less than a week.
Health effects from dengue include fever, headache, nausea, vomiting, rash, muscle and joint pain, and minor bleeding.
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Dengue can become severe within a few hours. Severe dengue is a medical emergency, usually requiring hospitalization.
In severe cases, health effects can include hemorrhage (uncontrolled bleeding), shock (seriously low blood pressure), organ failure, and death.