¿Epidemiología social del dengue en Argentina?

  The National Ministry of Health of Argentina indicated that the worst epidemic of dengue registered in the country occurred during the 2019-2020 period. Meanwhile, the number of cases around the world is growing up. This article aims to understand the failures in the control of dengue by analyzing if the epidemiological construction of the problem in Argentine recovers elements of some theories from social epidemiology. Based on a bibliographic review, we selected all the studies that include dengue cases between 1998 and 2019 in the country. It is concluded that the conceptual construction of epidemiological studies of dengue in Argentine ignores social determination of the health-disease process. In consequence, scientists seem to study the epidemiological problem predominantly as a biological one.El Ministerio de Salud de Argentina indicó que en el período 2019-2020 se desarrolló la peor epidemia de dengue registrada hasta el momento en el país, en un contexto internacional de aumento sostenido de casos. Con la finalidad de aportar elementos que contribuyan a comprender las fallas en el control de la enfermedad, el presente artículo analiza si la construcción epidemiológica del problema del dengue en Argentina recupera elementos de las teorías de las epidemiologías sociales. Mediante una búsqueda bibliográfica, se seleccionaron todas las investigaciones realizadas en el país desde 1998 hasta 2019 que incluyeran la presencia de casos de dengue. Se concluye que la determinación social de los procesos de salud-enfermedad es ignorada en la construcción conceptual de los estudios epidemiológicos de dengue en Argentina, y que esto es particularmente notorio en la operacionalización. Abstract The National Ministry of Health of Argentina indicated that the worst epidemic of dengue registered in the country occurred during the 2019-2020 period. Meanwhile, the number of cases around the world is growing up. This article aims to understand the failures in the control of dengue by analyzing if the epidemiological construction of the problem in Argentine recovers elements of some theories from social epidemiology. Based on a bibliographic review, we selected all the studies that include dengue cases between 1998 and 2019 in the country. It is concluded that the conceptual construction of epidemiological studies of dengue in Argentine ignores social determination of the health-disease process. In consequence, scientists seem to study the epidemiological problem predominantly as a biological one