Overview
- The confirmed patient is a 33-year-old resident of Greater Mendoza who became infected during travel in the Caribbean and is recovering at home under health follow-up.
- Provincial surveillance for the 2025–2026 cycle reports 34 suspected notifications through SE50: 17 discarded, 13 inconclusive, three under evaluation, one probable, and one confirmed imported case.
- The prior 2024–2025 season recorded low incidence with 18 confirmed infections in Mendoza, including 11 autochthonous and seven imported.
- Authorities cite high temperatures, humidity, recent storms, climate trends, and circulation of serotypes such as DEN-4 as factors that could enable local transmission, emphasizing vector control and early clinical detection.
- Regional data underscore ongoing risk, with Mexico reporting 21,981 dengue cases and 85 deaths in 2025, while Santa Fe city detected Aedes aegypti in 37 neighborhoods without confirmed illness.