The head of the Epidemiology Department of the Baja California Sur Health Secretariat (SSABCS), Alfredo Ojeda Garmendia, reported that 650 cases of dengue fever and four deaths have been registered in the state so far this season.
After a surge in cases following the extraordinary rains in September of this year, the specialist stated that they are currently documenting a decrease in weekly reports.
He specified that the highest number of people with the virus has been concentrated in the municipality of La Paz, with more than 90 percent of the cases. However, he emphasized that there is a significant decrease compared to 2014.
He recalled that last year, the state exceeded 2,600 cases due to the circulation of dengue serotypes that had not been seen in Baja California Sur for more than a decade, a situation that primarily affected the municipality of Los Cabos.
“Dengue cases are now showing stability, with a very marked decrease over the last four weeks. We had the peak of cases at the end of October and beginning of November, and currently we have a very low number in recent weeks,” he explained.
“Fewer than 20 cases per week, and we have very few hospitalizations; around six currently hospitalized compared to the peak, when we had around 25 patients,” he added.
Speaking about the location of the cases, the deputy director responded that transmission dynamics are complex and multifactorial. One of the most important factors is the circulating serotype and the susceptible population.
In this scenario, he emphasized that this virus has a cyclical behavior in each region, at the municipal and state levels, which is variable and has dynamics according to the predominant serotypes.
“In previous years, we had the circulation of serotype three, predominant in Los Cabos where a larger susceptible population was found. This year, these conditions appeared in La Paz, unlike in Los Cabos, where we already had more cases, and now they have been identified in La Paz,” he explained.
Source: zetatijuana
