The movement of people during the end-of-year holidays is a factor that affects the increase in cases. The year that ends marked the greatest magnitude of the epidemic outbreak in recent decades.
The Ministry of Health of the Nation issued an epidemiological alert for Dengue , given the risks of spreading the disease due to the movement of people that usually intensifies on the occasion of the end-of-year holidays.
The national health portfolio mentions that, until epidemiological week 50, that is, until December 16, 135,676 cases of Dengue were reported in the country, 57% in women and 43 in men. In this period, 68 deaths were recorded due to the disease.
Likewise, it highlights that, compared to recent years, in 2023 the greatest magnitude of the outbreak will be recorded, with a preponderance in the first semester and an unusual persistence of cases during the winter season, specifically in the NEA region.
Note that the potential risk is increased by the El Niño phenomenon and climate change, which manifest themselves with higher temperatures and the occurrence of floods. The presence of the Aedes aegypti mosquito has also been demonstrated in geographical areas where it was not previously found.
The general director of Epidemiological Coordination of the Ministry of Public Health, Francisco García Campos, said that instructions have been sent to all operational areas to intensify epidemiological surveillance and outbreak control actions, as well as the mandatory notification of suspected cases.
Likewise, the official urges the general population to strengthen prevention activities, reinforcing measures to prevent mosquito reproduction and avoid bites.
2023 marked a record number of dengue cases reported in Argentina with 68 deaths and 135,676 people infected by the disease transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, according to the latest updated data from the Ministry of Health as of December 17.
This striking macrophotograph reveals the Aedes aegypti mosquito, vector of diseases such as dengue and yellow fever. A reminder of the importance of care, prevention and public health. (
Furthermore, 93% of the reported infections were autochthonous, meaning that the patients contracted the infection in the country, without travel history. And in the last month, that percentage rose to 98%.
In this framework, the Ministry of Health of the Nation warned that "an ascending epidemiological curve is observed in the country during the last four weeks" with an average of 591 weekly cases while, in the previous four weeks, the average number of reported infections had been 232.
Health authorities called for extreme care to prevent the proliferation and bite of the mosquito that transmits the infection and warned that "the co-circulation of multiple dengue serotypes can increase the risk of serious forms of the disease."
