The health authorities confirmed the first death due to dengue coinfection in Argentina. The victim who contracted two different serotypes of the virus was 37 years old and originally from Chaco.
As explained by the specialists, this type of condition is not common but it has not been proven to cause serious symptoms either. To date, four serotypes are known: DEN-1, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-4 and in Argentina the first three were detected.
From the local environment Data Chaco They reported that the patient was hospitalized in the city of Endurance and after an analysis it was found that he had contracted the DEN-1 and DEN-2 serotypes. The latter is the one that had the most presence in the outbreak that hit the country.
Although the doctors have not yet communicated how the patient contracted this type of coinfection, they suspect that it could be related to the fact that He was bitten by two mosquitoes at different times.
Gabriel BattistellaUndersecretary of Primary Care of the City Ministry of Health, spoke with Argentine News and highlighted that There is no direct indication that contracting two serotypes can aggravate the disease.: “There is only one study from many years ago in Cuba on an evolution of these cases.”
“The previous season was of the DEN-1 serotype and now we are with DEN-2 so it is common for there to be many coinfections. Perhaps in this case the patient had cormobilities or some risk factor.”Battistella highlighted. “Without a doubt we are going to study it and cross-check data to know exactly what happens in these cases”he stressed.
MM with information from the NA agency.
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