The nation’s health ministry has issued another one national warning due to measles following the confirmation of a case in a two-year-old child in the city of Santa Elena, Entre Ríos province.
According to the health portfolio, the warning is intended to “inform about the epidemiological situation and urge health teams to strengthen the surveillance of febrile exanthematous illnesses (EFE), review and complete vaccination schedules and raise awareness among the population of the importance of early consultation in cases of fever and exanthematous illnesses.”
In a statement published in X, the ministry clarified that it was a child clinically stableIn Home isolationaccompanied by the children’s center. The minor has a dose of it triple virus vaccine applied for in November 2024, has no comorbidities and remains under medical supervision.
According to the government, the onset of symptoms was recorded on November 24thwith Fever over 38°Cgeneralized rash and upper respiratory symptoms. Two days later, he was treated at a health center where samples were taken and sent to the National Reference Laboratory. There is the presence of the Measles virus by RT-PCR.
The Ministry of Health stated that the child underwent one Excursion to Casilda, Santa Fe Province, between November 14th and 15th, so close contact monitoring was activated.
“The local and provincial teams, together with the Directorate of Immunopreventable Disease Control and the Directorate of Epidemiology, are continuing the epidemiological investigation, blocking the outbreak, actively searching for contacts and strengthening preventive measures,” the agency explained.
The discovery of the case comes in the global context of the resurgence of measles after the Americas region lost its status as free of endemic transmission.
Before confirming this last case Argentina has been measles-free since the last week of June. The country interrupted the endemic spread of measles in 2000. Since then, limited outbreaks lasting less than a year have been recorded without losing elimination status. He biggest outbreak It was taken between EW 35 of the year 2019 and SE 12 of 2020with a total of 179 cases, according to the Ministry of Health.
Measles can cause serious complications such as pneumonia, seizures, meningoencephalitis and blindness. There is no specific treatment and it can be fatal in unvaccinated people 1 or 2 cases per 1000.
Vaccination remains the central instrument. The triple virus vaccination – included in the national calendar – protects against measles, rubella and mumps. It is valid for 12 months and 5 years. From next year, the second dose will be brought forward to 18 months to increase early protection.
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