Biologist and Director of the CeNDIE-ANLIS (National Center for Diagnostic and Research in Endemo - Epidemics) Malbran, Mariana Manteca Acosta, puts an Aedes aegypti mosquito inside a test tube, in Buenos Aires, Argentina March 13, 2024. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian
BUENOS AIRES/SALTA, Argentina (Reuters) - A major outbreak in Argentina of dengue, a mosquito-borne illness that can be fatal, is on track to smash previous records, reflecting wider worry around South America where warmer and wetter weather has led to a surge in cases.
Over 120,000 cases have been recorded so far in Argentina in the 2023/24 season, with the bulk of those in the last two months. That puts it far ahead of the previous season, already the worst on record.
