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Argentina Opens Arbovirus Season With Imported Dengue and Chikungunya in Córdoba and Salta

Authorities have launched focused controls to head off local transmission.

Overview

  • Córdoba confirmed its first dengue and chikungunya cases of the season as travel-related infections in a 50-year-old man from Río Tercero and a 47-year-old woman from Monte Cristo.
  • Both Córdoba patients received outpatient care and are recovering, with the dengue diagnosis validated by the national reference lab.
  • Salta confirmed its first case of the season in a 16-year-old from Rosario de la Frontera with RT-PCR and IgM positivity and a recent trip to Bolivia.
  • Provincial and municipal teams activated summer contingency plans, conducted focal fumigation and house-to-house checks in Río Tercero, and began distributing repellents and paracetamol in Córdoba’s primary care centers.
  • Officials report no confirmed autochthonous transmission to date, a probable chikungunya case in Córdoba remains under analysis, and the public is urged to remove household breeding sites, use repellent, and consider the free two-dose dengue vaccine for eligible 15–59-year-olds.