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Montevideo, November 5th 2024 - 12:27 UTC

Tag: equine encephalitis

  • Friday, January 12th 2024 - 10:29 UTC

    Second victim dies of equine encephalitis in Argentina

    All 10 cases in the province of Buenos Aires required hospitalization, with only four of them discharged so far

    Health authorities in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires Thursday confirmed the first death due to Western equine encephalitis in the territory which was also the second nationwide. The victim was a 74-year-old woman with comorbidities from a semi-rural area. All 10 cases in the province -in General Viamonte, Junín, Leandro N. Alem, Arrecifes, Baradero, La Plata, Ramallo, Campana, and Bragado- required hospitalization, with only four of them discharged so far.

  • Thursday, December 21st 2023 - 10:38 UTC

    First human case of equine encephalitis reported in Argentina

    WEE has been known since 1930, but starting a few years ago their vaccination was no longer mandatory

    Argentine authorities confirmed Wednesday the first case of Equine Encephalitis in a human patient who was hospitalized in Reconquista, in the province of Santa Fe. The last records of humans affected by this disease in the country date back to 1983 and 1996. No vaccines are effective in humans.