Overview
- The provincial Health Ministry confirmed a single laboratory-verified case in a 33-year-old Gran Mendoza resident who became ill after traveling in the Caribbean.
- Officials classify the case as imported, and the patient is recovering at home under protocolized daily follow-up.
- Current surveillance for the 2025–2026 cycle shows 34 notifications through December: 17 discarded, 13 inconclusive, 3 under evaluation, 1 probable, and 1 confirmed.
- Last season was low impact in Mendoza with 18 confirmed cases in total, including 11 local and 7 imported, according to the provincial epidemiological bulletin.
- Health guidance stresses prompt medical evaluation for symptoms and avoiding self-medication with aspirin or ibuprofen, as dengue is spread by Aedes aegypti mosquitoes rather than person to person.