The health authorities of The city and the province of Buenos Aires warn about a possible Increase in dengue cases in Februarydriven by the Tourist movement. Although in the first months of 2025 the circulation of the virus in the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires (AMBA) was low and without serious cases, the specialists They fear that the situation will change With the arrival of tourists.
Cases in the city of Buenos Aires
The Minister of Health Buenos Aires, Fernán Quiróshe explained at a press conference that “this is a year in which, in the region, Except Brazil which has been a year quite similar to the previous one with a lot of cases, in the rest of the countries they had Very little viral circulation”
Then Gumeted: “All countries, even reservoir or endemic places, such as Paraguay, Bolivia, Peru, Brazil and the northern Argentine, have had fewer cases and there are Less circulation viral”.
“There was, on the other hand, Very little receptive tourism, very few visitors from bordering countries and the virus has not arrived in the first months of summer. That is why we had this period of very few cases, “he explained. However, he warned that with the arrival of Brazilian tourists”The disease will begin to circulate Decided in an amount less than previous years because when arriving so late, for the middle or end of February, it no longer has the time to make the complete cycle. “
Posteriorly, he said: “We expect a year in which the dengue outbreak occurs moreby the end of February and due to little circulation and little early tourism, it will be a year with lower number of cases. Anyway, in city we are doing promotion and prevention campaignsdoing neighborhood tours and working with people how to prevent the presence of the mosquito in each house; And also, the vaccination campaign. “
In the city of Buenos Aires The first dose was already applied of vaccines to the age groups of 15 to 19 years, 20 to 24 and 25 to 29, with plans to extend the immunization to the strip from 30 to 34 years. They plan to continue the campaign.
What do they say from the province of Buenos Aires
For his part, Buenos Aires Minister of Health, Nicolás KreplakHe argued that “The dengue season throughout Latin America until November was very highthe beginning of December and there began to fall, especially in the Andean area. ” However, he stressed that in some regions of Brazil the disease Stay present with high figureswhich could favor its reintroduction in the AMBA.
Kreplak coincided with Quirós in which the decrease in cases in the region is due to the decrease in receptive tourism, since “We had much less receptive tourism because of the countrythen fewer people have come from other countries that are endemic and have higher temperatures throughout the year and who had dengue until November, December. ”
However, he warned that the return of travelers from areas with high incidence of dengue could cause a recruitment of cases in March and April, “Or even at the end of February”Although he stressed that “all perspectives are already told that we will not have, at least this year, an epidemic as great as it was last year.”
Dengue’s situation in Argentina
According to him National Epidemiological Bulletin (Ben), until the epidemiological week 52 of the 2024/2025 season, 274 cases of dengue have been confirmed in the country, of which 255 had no travel history. Most cases were detected in the province of Formosa, with concentrations in the capital departments, Patiño, Pilagás, Pirané and Pilcomayo.
In the center region, 38 cases were notified without a trip background, while in whose 9, in the northwest (NOA) 6 and in the northeastern (NEA) 202. Since week 42, the province of Córdoba recorded cases without a history of Trip in the capital departments, Colón, General San Martín, Río First and Unión. Isolated cases were also detected in Mendoza, Tucumán, the City of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Entre Ríos, Salta, Santa Fe, Misiones and La Rioja.
Likewise, three cases linked to organ transplants in Buenos Aires and Santa Fe were confirmed. Regarding vaccination, 95 cases of people who developed symptoms were reported within 30 days after receiving the dengue vaccine. In the last week analyzed, 1,314 suspicious cases were notified, of which 20 were confirmed and 50 considered probable, even under study. It should be remembered that these cases may have originated in previous weeks and be in the process of confirmation.
Source: Ambito
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