The measles that has arrived in the country is the one circulating in the region

July 26, 2018 – 00:00
Until now there were two cases in month babies that, according to one study, have "one origin in common".

The two cases of measles detected in babies in Argentina come from a type of illness "identical to the circulation in other countries of the Americas," according to the Department of Health of the Nation.

that in studies done at the Malbrán Institute on episodes detected in a five-month-old baby and a baby of six would have "an origin in common," according to preliminary data.

Officially, it was explained that, according to Malbrán data, "the genotype found in one of the cases is the D8 Mvi / Hulu Langat.MYS / 26.11 lineage, identical to the one that circulates in d & # 39; 39, other countries of the Americas region. "

"With reference to the year 2018, 54 are strains that have 100% identity with the strain identified in the city of Buenos Aires and all have 100% identity with the strain Mvi / Hulu Langat.MYS / 26.11 D8 .D ", added the health authorities through a communication or A recent report of the Pan American Health Organization established that it was of a 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 issued an alert in which it asks to verify the immunization status of the population and to prevent the disease from spreading. intensify the epidemiological surveillance of suspicious images to prevent reintroduction of the disease.

For her part, Angela Gentile, chairman of the National Commission for the Elimination of Measles, Rubella and Congenital Rubella in Argentina, said that "the two cases are related to each other," 39, that is, they probably have a common source. "

source of contagion "is different from the case of the minor detected in last March, being a different strain from that detected in March, we know that the formulation is not endemic." In Argentina, the measles vaccine is mandatory and the national immunization schedule includes the first dose one year after birth.