2024-08-23 22:39:00
Between August and October, the Buenos Aires Institute of Statistics and Censuses, together with the Ministry of Health of the City of Buenos Aires, will conduct the second round of the competition. “Dengue Seroprevalence Study”. This research activity aims to estimate with greater certainty the percentage of the population over 18 years, living in Caba, has dengue or has had it some time in their life.
For this, groups he is an expert the nurses will visit him a total of 6 thousand houses -choose it hazardin all areas of the city – to give its inhabitants a speed test that allows determining the presence of the blood of the antibiotics IgG and IgM and a virus called NS1. With this you can know if any resident of that house has this infection.
What does the task consist of? It is a quick, safe and easy test: one finger will take it example of blood that is analyzed on the spot and comes to detect the presence of dengue viruses. Results will be available immediately.
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The test is performed on only one member of the family, of legal age, who must sign it permission to this end. A study has added that efforts to know the history of human health and obtain valuable information about the spread of the virus in the city. You have researched about: background of previous illnesses, history of dengue infection, symptoms in the last four months, vaccination against dengue and yellow fever.
In addition, the study investigated the education level, health history and knowledge about dengue of the people selected to do the test; and record the sex and age of everyone living in the house.
Confidentiality of answers
The authors of the study are assured that all the information collected will be treated with maximum confidentiality and will be used only for medical and epidemiological purposes, in order to determine future policies based on evidence.
This is what the Minister of Health Fernán Quirós said: “This helps to achieve better monitoring of the dengue situation and be better prepared to act in mosquito prevention and control. The data we are able to collect from this new research will allow us to make better decisions when it comes to raising concrete.
Home visits are made from Monday to Saturday between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm. from August 15 to October 31, inclusive. On the IDECBA website (www.estadisticaciudad.gob.ar) identification of sensitizers and nursing can testify. The information is also available on BOTI (City ChatBot) and through Line 147.
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