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The Ministry of Health of the Nation confirmed last Friday two new cases of measles-infected babies in the city and province of Buenos Aires, which has raised three such cases so far this year . The new victims are a five-month-old boy and a six-month-old girl who have fever, redness, cough and conjunctivitis. And now the authorities have made a big step in the investigation to determine how they were infected, a fact essential to being able to stop a possible epidemic in time.
The main conclusion was published Monday night. In a statement, the National Health Portfolio reported that studies done at the Malbrán Institute confirmed that babies were suffering from a type of measles "identical to that of the circulation in d." other countries of the Americas ". 19659002] "This would be secondary cases related to a new import," they said. In addition, they noticed that is not the strain identified in another case in April "excluding sustained viral circulation".
So, an active search is underway at Elizalde, back, to see if there has been a case of a boy who has traveled to another country ", says Gentile.
The expert recalled a case It was discovered in March 2018. In this case, "the kid had been in the waiting room with a tourist from Thailand," he says [19659002] It spreads 4 days before and until 4 days after the eruption . Therefore, he was investigated if the children went through in the old Casa Cuna, four days ago, with a boy from Venezuela, Italy, Romania or Russia, the countries where there is manifestations of the disease.
very contagious Not only does this happen from person to person 4 days before and 4 days later, but it also hangs in the air for two hours. "I mean, if I'm here and I have measles, I'll go, and in the same room, another one will be in the space of two hours since I left it can be contagious, "explained Gentile. The raw reality of health in Venezuela "src =" https://images.clarin.com/collections/static/lazy_square.svg "data-big =" https://images.clarin.com/2018/05/13 /Hkp4GMU0z_290x290__1.jpg "data-small =" https://images.clarin.com/2018/05/13/Hkp4GMU0z_110x110__1.jpg "observe =" "data-observer-function =" loadLazyImg "/>
According to him, they are also studying these days around the two boys. None of the children have siblings, and they do not go to daycare. But they are investigating their families. For example, if the parents received visits that could have contaminated them.
"The technical teams of the City, the Province of Buenos Aires and the Nation continue to seek the source of the infection of both cases, as well as the follow-up of potential contacts for the early detection of infections. possible secondary cases ", explained the Ministry of Health of the Nation in the declaration
