Argentina: 2016 Dengue

[Shiloh]

Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/18/w...engue-as-mosquito-population-swells.html?_r=0

Argentina Battles Major Outbreak of Dengue as Mosquito Population Swells
By JONATHAN GILBERTFEB. 17, 2016

BUENOS AIRES ? Argentina is grappling with its worst outbreak of dengue in seven years as the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, which also transmit the Zika virus, expands in the subtropical northeast of the country.

The outbreak, which some officials are describing as an epidemic, has the authorities in Misiones and Formosa Provinces scrambling to arrest the spread of the virus. There were nearly 4,900 reported cases of dengue in Argentina in the first five weeks of the year, according to data compiled by the Pan American Health Organization. Experts say the figure could be 10 times higher.

Officials have attributed only one death to the virus, but with weeks of the Southern Hemisphere?s summer remaining ? providing ideal breeding conditions for the mosquitoes ? the outbreak has not yet peaked, experts say...

 

[Ronan Kelly]

Argentina facing worst dengue epidemic in history
Source: Xinhua | 2016-08-17 22:34:03 | Editor: huaxia


A sanitary technician holds a sample of larvae of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, that transmit the Zika, Dengue and Chikungunya virus, taken from a superficial pond of water sewage in the backyard of a house in the province of Misiones, Argentina, on Feb. 4, 2016. (Xinhua/TELAM)

BUENOS AIRES, Aug. 16 (Xinhua) -- Argentina is facing its worst dengue epidemic in history, with 76,803 cases notified so far this year, 53 percent higher than the previous wave in 2009, warned local media on Tuesday.

The Argentine daily La Nacion published an article Tuesday based on data released by the Health Ministry on Monday which also added that the number of deaths from the virus in the South American country has increased from five to 11.
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