In this 2024, Campeche faces an increase in dengue cases and one of the factors that influences this growth is the predominance of serotype 3 of the virus, which puts at risk Yucatan due to the constant migration of people from Campeche to the state for medical, study and work reasons, according to experts consulted by 24 HOURS Yucatan.
For the infectious disease specialist Luis Rosales Vazquez This increase suggests that Campeche is in the midst of a dengue outbreak, which would be related to the proliferation of the Aedes aegypti vector mosquito and the circulation of several serotypes of the virusespecially serotype 3, which has begun to circulate in Central America and represents an additional risk to the population.
Health authorities of Campeche They have highlighted that serotype 3 is more prevalent, which could be related to the increase in cases, while Yucatan y Quintana Roo There is a reduction compared to the number of infections recorded last year.
Although prevention campaigns have been implemented, such as junk removal and fumigation, the persistence of mosquito breeding sites and the behavior of the virus continue to represent a challenge for the total control of dengue in Campeche, says the director of vectors of the Government of that state, Juan Octavio Avila Lopez.
Dengue is not transmitted from person to person and there is currently no vaccine to prevent it, he recalled. doctor Rosales.
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