Confirmed case of malaria in Paraguay – Diario Expreso



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Maximum alert. Paraguay, declared free from indigenous malaria this year, has activated its epidemiological surveillance system after registering an imported case in a citizen of Africa, the Ministry of Public Health reported in 19659002. the area of ​​the city of San Ignacio, in the department of Misiones, pending the diagnosis of a second person who also presented symptoms of the disease.

"Cases of malaria are very common in Africa and Central America, and in view of the suspicion we have carried out the tests and diagnosis of imported cases, taking into account that Paraguay is a country free from this disease. In this case, the epidemiological surveillance was activated and an in situ treatment was carried out, "said the director of the eighth health region, Pedro Pérez

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