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07/26/2018 –
The two cases of measles detected in babies in Argentina come from a type of disease "identical to the circulation in other countries of the Region of the Americas ", as reported by the Ministry of Health of the Nation. They pointed out that in studies conducted at the Malbrán Institute on episodes detected in a 5-month-old baby and a baby of 6 would have "an origin in common", according to preliminary data.
Officially, it was explained that, according to data del Malbrán, "the genotype found in one of the cases is identical to that circulating in other countries of the region of the Americas".
"In the year, 54 are strains that have 100% identity with the strain identified in the city of Buenos Aires and all have 100% identity with the reference strain" added the health authorities through a statement. A recent report from the Pan American Health Organization found that there was one strain identified in 2017 in Venezuela, a country that is experiencing a serious epidemic of the disease.
While epidemiological studies have been completed to determine how they contracted the disease, the Ministry of Health's National Health Department has issued an alert in which it urges to verify the immunization status of the population and to prevent them from becoming infected. to intensify the epidemiological surveillance of suspected cases in order to avoid reintroduction of the disease
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