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In order to contain the measles outbreak that has been ongoing since the end of August in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and regions V, VI, VII and XII of the province of Buenos Aires, the Ministry of Health of the Nation updated vaccination indications for travelers going to areas with confirmed measles cases mentioned. The new recommendations are produced before the confirmation of new cases and the risk of dissemination to other regions of the country, which implies the great mobilization of the population that is expected during the summer holidays.
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In consensus with the jurisdictions and advisory committees, the national health authorities ordered that people traveling to the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires and / or the Buenos Aires municipalities of Campana, Escobar, Exaltación de la Cruz, General San Martín, José C. Paz, Malvinas Argentinas, Pilar, San Fernando, San Isidro, San Miguel, Tigre, Vicente López, Zárate, Avellaneda, Lanús, Lomas de Zamora, Almirante Brown, Berazategui, Esteban Echeverría, Ezeiza, Florencio Varela, Quilmes, Gral. La Heras , Gral. Rodríguez, Luján, Marcos Paz, Merlo, Hurlingham, Ituzaingó, Morón, Tres de Febrero, Moreno and La Matanza must follow the following indications:
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– Children under 6 months of age: It is suggested to postpone and / or reschedule the trip, since in them the triple viral vaccine is contraindicated and is the age group of greatest vulnerability.
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– Children from 6 to 11 months of age: they should receive a dose of double viral or triple viral vaccine considered “zero dose”, since this dose should not be taken into account as a calendar vaccination schedule.
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– Children of 12 months: They should receive a dose corresponding to the calendar.
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– Children from 13 months to four years including: They must prove at least two doses of triple viral vaccine.
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– Over five years, teenagers and adults: They must prove at least two doses of measles vaccine (monovalent, double or triple viral) applied after one year of life or confirm the presence of measles antibodies through a laboratory study.
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– pregnant women at least two doses of vaccine with measles component applied after one year of life or confirm through a laboratory study the presence of measles antibodies. Traveling to pregnant women without a proven history of vaccination or without measles antibodies is not recommended.
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– People born before 1965 They do not require vaccination because they are considered immune.
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These measures were adopted within the framework of an exhaustive evaluation of the dynamics of the measles outbreak that our country is taking; they are dynamic recommendations that may vary depending on the evolution of the epidemiological situation.
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As for the people who are going to travel abroad, mainly Brazil, the same vaccination indications defined for internal travelers visiting CABA and the municipalities of the four Buenos Aires regions affected must be applied.
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It is important to remember that to acquire a correct immunity, every vaccine must be applied at least 15 days before the trip is made.
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Current epidemiological situation
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During 2019, a total of 97 cases of measles, 95 cases detected in our country and two cases in Spain were registered in Argentina. Of the 95 cases recorded here, the first seven occurred between epidemiological weeks (SE) 8 to 33 and were defined as imported or import-related cases.
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From SE 35 – initiated on August 25 to date -, The country is experiencing the largest measles outbreak since the elimination of the endemic circulation of the virus, reached in 2000 and certified in 2016 by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
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From the last week of August to SE 52, 88 cases of measles distributed in the City of Buenos Aires (19), Tres de Febrero (1), Admiral Brown (1), Berazategui (1), Tiger (1), were confirmed. Hurlingham (2), Ituzaingó (6), La Matanza (13), Lanús (1), Lomas de Zamora (3), Merlo (17), Moreno (16), Morón (1), Quilmes (1), San Martín (3) and Vicente López (2).
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At the regional level, in 18 of the 35 states of the Region of the Americas, a total of 18,228 cases of measles were confirmed during 2019. Venezuela and Brazil restored endemic circulation, and the latter presents the most significant outbreak with 15,957 confirmed cases and 15 deaths.
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The Brazilian state of San Pablo is the most affected in the neighboring country with 93% of cases, although outbreaks of the disease are registered in the main tourist destinations such as the state of Paraná, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul, Bahia, Río de Janeiro, Mina Gerais and the northeastern states.
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