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Simic smallpox: confirmed the second death in Argentina
The deceased person had risk factors; the total number of cases in the country is 1025; WHO now calls mpox disease
January 9, 2023
17:28
The Ministry of Health confirmed today the second death in Argentina from mpox or monkeypox of a person who presented risk factors. In addition, it was reported that in total there are 1025 cases reported in the country of this disease.
At the end of November, the death of a 44-year-old man who had been diagnosed with HIV without treatment and was admitted to intensive care in the city of Buenos Aires was notified.
According to the National Epidemiological Bulletin (BEN), the total number of cases amounts to 1025, according to the data registered until November 22, and 98.14% of the cases correspond to males.
The cases are distributed in 16 jurisdictions and those considered suspicious in 23. All continue to be concentrated in the Central region, in large urban conglomerates: 66% of those confirmed in residents of the City of Buenos Aires, and the provinces of Buenos Aires and Córdoba they concentrate 95%.
The confirmed cases so far in the country were mainly characterized by the presence of vesicular exanthemas (skin eruptions) in different locations including the genitals, perianals, hands, torso, and face, fever, and lymphadenopathy.
Of the total number of cases, 677 were confirmed in the city of Buenos Aires, 274 are inhabitants of different Buenos Aires districts: 23 from Córdoba, 17 from Santa Fe, 9 from Tierra del Fuego, 5 from Río Negro, 4 in Mendoza, 4 in Santa Cruz , 3 in Neuquén, 2 in Chubut, 2 in Tucumán, 1 in Chaco, 1 in Corrientes, 1 in Jujuy, 1 in Salta and 1 in San Juan.
Of the 1,025 confirmed cases , so far 68 have a history of travel prior to the onset of symptoms . As for the rest, there is a history of physical contact with suspected, confirmed, symptomatic cases, physical contact with a traveler, multiple and occasional relationships...
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