Dengue is a disease that is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito that has the virus and that can cause serious health problems. In the last days, Three new cases of autochthonous dengue were confirmed in our country.
Two of these cases were reported by the Ministry of Health of the province of Córdoba and the rest by the City of Buenos Aires. This means that the patients acquired the disease through mosquito bites within the jurisdictions of these territories and without having to travel.
The case registered in the City of Buenos Aires was reported by the Epidemiological Bulletin of the National Ministry of Health, while the cases registered in Córdoba were announced by the portfolio of that province.
The viral circulation of this disease in other countries of the region “forces attention to the corresponding control actions and in the face of an increase in cases, it is urged to reinforce surveillance and prevention actions.”
When the Aedes Aegipty mosquito bites with blood from an infected person, that person will have the virus. The only way to spread dengue is through the bite and not from person to person or through objects.
The symptoms of dengue are similar to those of covid -19 and that is why it is recommended that all those who have headaches, fever and joint pain, resort to a medical consultation.
How to prevent dengue?
One of the ways to prevent dengue is Eliminate all mosquito breeding sites, that is, from the containers that contain water inside and around them.
If these containers are not eliminated, mosquitoes must be prohibited from accessing their interior, both to tanks, cisterns and/or cisterns. The specialists assured: “Fumigation is not enough to eliminate the mosquito. The application of insecticides is a control measure designed to eliminate adult mosquitoes, but it is not useful to eliminate eggs or larvae.”