Paratyphoid spike in North West province of Argentina

1 December 2021

Nearly two-thirds of paratyphoid infections recorded in the NW state of Salta this year have been in children aged under 15 years. An alert has been posted by health authorities relating to the increase in serotype Paratyphi B cases in and around the capital, Salta, which arose during warmer weather early in the year and again as summer approaches. An increasing trend in paratyphoid B infections has been observed in Salta since 2017. Read more

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