In the state of Guanajuato, 441 cases of dengue have been registered, reported the director of Public Health in Guanajuato.
In Guanajuato, of the 441 cases of dengue that have been registered, 22 percent present signs of alarm or severe dengue due to having contact with another serotype of this virus, of which, two minors are in this situation; This was stated in an interview by Dr. Pablo Sánchez Gastelum, director of Public Health in Guanajuato.
The director maintained that of the total number of patients, five children under ten years of age who are carriers of the virus have been detected in the municipalities of Acámbaro, León and Irapuato, these last two municipalities concentrate one patient each respectively in serious health condition, while three minors are stable.
“Of the total number of cases that we have, for example, 22 percent in the state of Guanajuato have had Dengue with warning signs or severe dengue, what does this mean, that they have already had previous contact or zero type different from those who are currently circulating; right now we have several cases under study, of the 442 we have identified 5 children under 10 years of age, so we are following up on them because we know that all age groups become complicated, we have from Irapuato, León and of Acambaro,” he said.
Dengue is a disease caused by a virus and is transmitted to people by the bite of the mosquito that carries the disease, which occurs not only in the rainy season, but due to climate change this year it has persisted for more seasons. So much so that at the national level 44 percent of patients with the virus have warning signs.
