Dengue Fever in Argentina
Mar 1, 2024, 12:06 pm
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Dengue Fever in Argentina
Seems serious . Any recent visitors have opinions. My buddy is going next week and I’m going next December. He is thinking of cancelling.
How does this compare to malaria in Thailand? Sounds significantly more risky.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/south-america-dengue-spike-prompts-vaccination-drive-bug-spray-runs-out-2024-01-25/
https://ar.usembassy.gov/health-alert-u-s-embassy-buenos-aires-february-29-2024/#:~:text=This%20CDC%20designation%20indicates%20th at,aegypti%20or%20Ae.
How does this compare to malaria in Thailand? Sounds significantly more risky.
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/south-america-dengue-spike-prompts-vaccination-drive-bug-spray-runs-out-2024-01-25/
https://ar.usembassy.gov/health-alert-u-s-embassy-buenos-aires-february-29-2024/#:~:text=This%20CDC%20designation%20indicates%20th at,aegypti%20or%20Ae.
Mar 1, 2024, 3:47 pm
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Don’t get me wrong – dengue is not fun, but it is less risky than malaria if it’s the first time you contract it, as it’s hardly ever fatal. If you had it once, then getting the vaccine would be necessary.
I wouldn’t worry about it in the city as the local government fumigates parks, etc. Argentinian repellents are also usually stronger than those in Europe and the US – probably bad for the environment but good for people given the circumstances.
I wouldn’t worry about it in the city as the local government fumigates parks, etc. Argentinian repellents are also usually stronger than those in Europe and the US – probably bad for the environment but good for people given the circumstances.
Mar 3, 2024, 4:32 pm
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I just bought a bunch of OFF for my upcoming trip. This year's mosquitoes have been the worst I've ever encountered. Fortunately, the ones in CABA mostly seem to be spreading equine encephalitis, not dengue. 
The welts are particularly special, because these mosquitoes need to get their little needles through horse skin.
The welts are particularly special, because these mosquitoes need to get their little needles through horse skin.
Mar 4, 2024, 6:05 am
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The wife and I had our Denge vaccinatins last week and we'll get the booster in 3 monts time. I suspect I wouldn't have bothered had my wife not organised it. However I would never advise someone not to get vaccinated. The nurse who came to our house was saying Equine Encephalitis cases have also been on the rise and is far more dangerous especially for those who are around horses a lot.
Mar 4, 2024, 10:18 am
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Bring a good DEET or similarly-effective repellent. I've not been since January, but there was another recent outbreak - I've been there every summer since 2007 or thereabouts (save a year of COVID) and have never seen anything like it. If things are bad in the city, they'll be worse in Tigre. Fortunately for the Uruguayos, the mosquitoes can't afford to live over there, at least not in Colonia. On the same day we were eaten alive on the evening walk from the Colonia Express terminal back home, we witnessed nary a a mosquito in Colonia.
Mar 4, 2024, 6:04 pm
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The wife and I had our Denge vaccinatins last week and we'll get the booster in 3 monts time. I suspect I wouldn't have bothered had my wife not organised it. However I would never advise someone not to get vaccinated. The nurse who came to our house was saying Equine Encephalitis cases have also been on the rise and is far more dangerous especially for those who are around horses a lot.
Mar 4, 2024, 6:50 pm
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I was picking grapes in the garden this afternoon. Sprayed myself with OFF yet still got bitten twice. Once by a mosquito and the other by a flippin' ant.
