Epidemiological Alert, New Confirmed Cases of Saint Louis Encephalitis in Capital City and Province of Buenos Aires, Risk of Viral Circulation (31 March 2010)
Alerta epidemiólogica, Nuevos casos confirmados de Encefalitis de San Luis en ciudad y provincia de Buenos Aires, República Argentina, Riesgo de diseminación (31 marzo 2010)
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The Ministry of Health of Argentina had confirmed new cases of Saint Louis Encephalitis (SLE) virus infection. Until 29 March 2010, it has been reported four confirmed cases of SLE infection in the nation’s capital city and in Buenos Aires province. The SLE virus had previously caused outbreaks in the central part of the country (mainly in the provinces of Córdoba and Entre Ríos), and this is the first time that it has been detected in Buenos Aires. This virus has epidemic potential, as has been shown by what occurred in 1975 in the United States in the Ohio and Mississippi River basins, where some 2,000 people developed the neuro-invasive form of the disease. El Ministerio de Salud de Argentina ha confirmado nuevos casos de infección por el virus de la encefalitis de San Luis (ESL). Hasta el 29 de marzo de 2010, se han reportado cuatro casos confirmados en la ciudad y en la provincia de Buenos Aires. El virus de la ESL ha ocasionado anteriormente brotes en la región centro del país (principalmente en las provincias de Córdoba y Entre Ríos) y es la primera vez que se detecta tanto en la ciudad como en la provincia de Buenos Aires. Este virus presenta potencial epidémico como lo demostró lo ocurrido en 1975 en los Estados Unidos, en las cuencas de los ríos Ohio y Mississippi, donde unas 2000 personas desarrollaron la forma neuroinvasiva de la enfermedad.
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