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BUENOS AIRES – Argentina confirmed the first two cases of smallpox in Latin America on Friday, the health ministry said in a statement.
Spain, England and Portugal are the countries with the most cases in the recent outbreak of this generally mild viral disease outside its endemic areas, which are usually found in parts of West and Central Africa.
“The result of the PCR result of the case in question is positive,” the Ministry of Health said of Argentina’s first case, adding that the patient is in good health and the people who were in close contact with the individual they were under clinical and epidemiological control. asymptomatic so far.
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Later in the afternoon, the ministry confirmed another case of a Spanish citizen who arrived in Argentina on Wednesday and began developing ulcerative lesions the next day.
“The patient is in good general condition, isolated and receiving symptomatic treatment,” the ministry said.
Most of the infections reported worldwide so far have not been serious. Many, but not all, people who have been diagnosed with the current monkeypox outbreak have been men who have sex with men. Symptoms include fever and rash.
Around 20 countries where monkeypox is not endemic have reported outbreaks of viral disease, with more than 200 confirmed or suspected infections, most in Europe.
(Report by Eliana Raszewski in Buenos Aires Written by Steven Grattan Edited by Matthew Lewis and Leslie Adler)