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Oaxaca alert after a man died from dengue hemorrhagic fever

The health secretary, Martin Vasquez acknowledged that since 2007 not one death was recorded by the vector, launched urging the public, and municipal authorities, make common cause to address the mosquito transmitter, first with preventive measures that include actions cleaning streets and homes.

Wed, 18/11/2009 - 20:33
Oaxaca .- The death of a Oaxacan caught dengue hemorrhagic foci of alert in the Oaxaca government, health authorities warning red lights lit in three regions of the state as in "Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the coast and the Basin Palaloapam, which has raised the number of infected, - apparently by a mutation of the mosquito that transmits the disease has begun to attack communities and non-tropical high and or hot.

The health secretary, Martin Vasquez acknowledged that since 2007 not one death was recorded by the vector, launched urging the public, and municipal authorities, make common cause to address the mosquito transmitter, first with preventive measures that include actions cleaning streets and homes.

He said that measures have to cover up the office areas, commercial centers, to avoid trash pulls in the street and take action to combat pollution of rivers.

Established that there was little more than a thousand 66 cases of dengue, of which 521 thousand are for the disease in its classical variant and 145 to hemorrhage.

He clarified that while there is no proper prevention and care among the population, can hardly be avoided death by this type of infection, or other viral illness.

"If people do not take measures of their health care, then if they have a respiratory infection can be complicated and of course death.

The government guarantees that nobody can be immune to death, but personally not sought health care, both individually and collectively.

Vasquez said that this year are putting a little more than 80 million pesos to boost a campaign to eradicate dengue in Oaxaca.

Resources are allocated (70 percent) in prevention and promotion activities and 20 percent for control, noting in the latter heading the purchase of equipment and purchase of insecticide spray and recruitment.

Detailed than in the relentless struggle against dengue, staff of the Health Services Oaxaca (SSO) have visited one million 876 thousand 895 homes around the state and throughout the year to promote the actions of yard clean and healthy housing .

Oscar Rodriguez / Correspondent Millennium

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From above post: "...apparently by a mutation of the mosquito that transmits the disease has begun to attack communities and non-tropical high and or hot."


From Medicinenet.com:
"According to the World Health Organization, there are an estimated 50 million cases of dengue fever with 500,000 cases of dengue hemorrhagic fever requiring hospitalization each year. Nearly 40% of the world's population lives in an area endemic with dengue."

"The virus is not contagious and cannot be spread directly from person to person. There must be a person-to-mosquito-to-another-person pathway...Typical dengue does not result in death. It is fatal in less than 1% of cases."

"Dengue hemorrhagic fever (DHF) is a specific syndrome that tends to affect children under 10...The mortality, or death rate, with DHF is significant. It ranges from 6%-30%."

http://www.medicinenet.com/dengue_fever/page3.htm

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Rain-hit Mexican states see dengue outbreak: official
19 November 2009 | 05:40 | FOCUS News Agency
Mexico City. The Mexican states that were hit worst by heavy rains in late October and early November are now facing an outbreak of dengue, a senior health official said Wednesday in a nationally televised statement, Xinhua News Agency informed.
Mauricio Hernandez, head of the Mexican Health Ministry's health promotion department, said the ministry has so far recorded some 105,000 suspect cases of dengue, an incurable endemic disease in tropical areas, and some 50,000 of them have been confirmed.
Beginning this week, the official said, medical workers started to carry out anti-mosquito spraying activities in Veracruz and Tabasco, the two states that suffered the heaviest rains in the country.
According to the official, Mexico's Interior Ministry has declared a state of emergency in some municipalities in the two states.
Preliminary statistics show that residents in Tabasco, a state on Mexico's east coast, have been affected by heavy rains and 250,000 of them have suffered big losses in financial and material resources, particularly when Hurricane Ida passed through the Gulf of Mexico last weekend.
"Mosquitoes can be seen almost everywhere in the flooded areas," he said, adding that 120 medical workers have been dispatched to fumigate the areas and distribute medicine-treated patches to people to help them frighten insects away from them when putting them on their skin.
The official said more dengue cases have been recorded this year than last year when there were only 29,000 cases registered.
Dengue is spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito which breeds in stagnant water.

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Roberto Aguilar Grimaldo
El Universal
Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas Thursday November 19, 2009
17:31
The state epidemiologist of the Health Ministry, Alfredo Rodr?guez Trujillo, confirmed 598 cases of dengue are in Tamaulipas in this year, of whom 476 are for dengue fever and dengue hemorrhagic 132. Tampico said it's the city that ranks first in this type of complaints with 303 cases of classic dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever 79, followed the municipalities of Matamoros and Reynosa

"The most current data is 598 cases in 2009, of these 598 cases, 476 are 132 are classic dengue and dengue hemorrhagic fever, could say it's three to one, and is the Tampico area which has the first place and you Matamoros and Reynosa continues, "said epidemiologist.

Compared with last year, the Health Officer reported that the number of dengue in Tamaulipas, has fallen on this date in 2008 the figure already exceeded one thousand cases and at least half of these were of DHF.

He explained that the fumigation work has been done in municipalities with higher risk, has helped to decrease the incidence, while the little rain that occurred during the season also was decisive that there is no major outbreak of dengue in the state.

"I can tell that this year we have not had a major outbreak. First for the work that has been made of the abatizaci?n and there was not much rain that influenced that cases decrease," he said.

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350 cases of dengue reported in Michoacan
November 18, 2009 - 13:09
Source: Notimex

During the last week there were 350 cases of dengue in Michoacan, today reported the state Department of Health, indicating that inhabitants of the coast and the hot zone are most affected.

The dependence remain exposed to the work of fumigation and promoting measures that reduce the presence of the mosquito.

Michoac?n records indicated that a total of 3.730 cases, most of which have occurred in L?zaro C?rdenas (529), Los Reyes (485), Apatzing?n (456), and Mugica (346).

Of the total number of dengue cases presented, 59 are for the hemorrhagic type, which has not caused any death, informed the state agency.

The Ministry of Health explained that this year had a budget of $ 80 million for fighting this disease.

He explained that these resources were carried out intensive fumigation campaigns intradomiciliary and streets of the places hardest hit.

In addition, through the temporary employment program staff hired cleaning crews and information, he said.

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Dengue Epidemic
Written by DDM on 19/11/2009

Chilpancingo .- The state Department of Health reported four thousand registered 186 cases of dengue patients and seven deaths.

The largest number of reports is in Acapulco. In Guerrero and Michoacan are 7 thousand registered 916 cases of dengue confirmed.

It is worth mentioning that other states are potentially vulnerable Tabasco, Chiapas, Yucatan and Veracruz, by heavy rains and waterlogging commonly nest the dengue mosquito.

The office manager of the unit, Ruben Padilla Fierro, reported that in regard to dengue are reported four thousand 186 cases, of which 976 are bleeding and three thousand 210 classics, Acapulco again being first in incidence, with two thousand 163 cases.

Because of dengue, seven people have died, three in the Northern region of the state, three in the center area and one in Acapulco, abounded Padilla Fierro.

Moreover, in Michoacan, the state Health Secretariat reported that during the last week there were 350 cases of dengue recently in Michoacan and the inhabitants of the coast and the hot zone are most affected.

The dependence remain exposed to the work of fumigation and promoting measures that reduce the presence of the mosquito. The entity records a total of three thousand 730 cases, most of which have been reported in L?zaro C?rdenas (529), Los Reyes (485), Apatzing?n (456), and Mugica (346).

Of the total number of dengue cases presented, 59 are for the hemorrhagic type, which has not caused any death, informed the state agency.

The Health Department has stated that this year with a budget of 80 million dollars to fight this disease.

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As in Campeche, Quintana Roo is sprayed on the streets to fight the plague of flies



One died of dengue hemorrhagic

20/11/2009

Campeche .- A person died of dengue hemorrhagic fever and 20 more are infected and at risk of dying, according to the Ministry of Health.

Reliance said that was why epidemiological warning was issued.

Health Secretary Enrique Gonzalez Lopez, also reported that the authorities maintain tight control bunch of people in prostitution in order to reduce the spread of diseases like HIV-AIDS.

At the inaugural Conference of AIDS, said that the sex workers are regularly asked to go to health centers for testing and monitoring .- Megamedia El Universal

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Jalisco comes to 4 thousand 105 cases of dengue
In week 46 were detected 179 new infections.

Tue, 01/12/2009 - 14:23
Guadalajara Jalisco .- again ranked fourth in national dengue cases to get to 4 thousand 105 infections for the week number 46, according to the latest report on epidemiological surveillance and disease control.

The Director of Public Health at the Jalisco Health Secretariat (SJS), Elizabeth Ulloa Robles reported that the brigades full scan hold shares in Puerto Vallarta where the largest report of cases this week, explained that the new cases of type Classic are 148; while hemorrhagic fever were reported 31, most cases are processed within a week behind 42 and 44 of this year.

Among new cases of the classic, Puerto Vallarta reported 37, followed with 26 Guadalajara, Zapopan At 16, Tomatl?n 14, La Barca nine, nine and Zapotlan Tlaquepaque two.

As for Guadalajara hemorrhagic cases reported the highest number twelve, followed by four Cihuatl?n, Tlaquepaque and Puerto Vallarta with three respectively, Tonala with two and El Salto, Tala, Zapopan Tonila and one only.

Ulloa Robles announced that amendments are to be tackled with the standard for control of Aedes aegypti mosquito which is left to the states the product that best suits them but recommend performing susceptibility testing.

She said that has not completed a study of sensitivity tests but have two months to make their comments on this standard.

Maricarmen Rello / Milenio.com

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Recognize increase of hemorrhagic dengue in Colima
Health - Thursday, 3 December (20:56 hrs.)


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Colima, Dec. 3 .- The State Secretary of Health, Saul Adame Barreto acknowledged being concerned about the increase in cases of hemorrhagic dengue, which now represent just over 20 percent compared with those of classic dengue.
At a news conference, attributed this situation to "the union of two serotypes that cause a higher chance that comes our hemorrhagic cases.

He confirmed that for the next six months will be available at least 20 million pesos from the federation for the campaign against dengue.

It was reported that there have been 10 thousand 745 probable cases of dengue, of which 637 are confirmed as bleeding and three thousand 63 as dengue fever.

"We are concerned that a high percentage of patients bleeding," Adame Barker reiterated, adding that it was
strengthen the various actions against this disease and the mosquito that transmits the same.

Among them he mentioned the sprays in public roads, homes and abatizaci?n where water tanks, spraying of houses and trash removal strategies, including programs for yard, roof and clean school.

The state official said no figures were makeup because "the state government's policy of transparency in the
information, and fortunately there has been no direct deaths from influenza or dengue.

Moreover, state Health Secretary announced that vaccination against influenza A (H1N1) recorded an improvement
approximately 50 to 60 percent, giving priority to the medical, paramedical and nursing staff throughout the health sector.

He commented that in the first wave, the institution responsible received two thousand 600 doses of antigens, while the next seven thousand of December reached 400 more. (Con informaci?n de Notimex / GCE)

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05-December-2009
Doubled in 2009 cases of dengue
Miguel Garcia Tinoco / Correspondent

MORELIA. Michoac?n end the year with double the number of dengue cases compared with 2008, calculated the charge of medical services of the State Health Secretariat, Guadalupe Hern?ndez Alcal?.
Reliance plans to close the year with four thousand 500 cases confirmed, which would place the entity in fourth place in the country.
"They have grown in Michoacan in connection with last year, we close with two thousand 555 cases, now carry more than four thousand, but we believe that under control," said Alcala.
The disease reached its peak of 18 to 24 October, in which there were 350 cases, while last Tuesday ended with 139, suggesting that the disease is going down for the winter season, considered.
Although so far there has been no death from this disease, found that keeping the focus on high risk areas such as L?zaro C?rdenas, Apatzingan Mujica y Los Reyes, "there will be dire consequences."
He explained that the disease has mainly affected school population, primarily students of basic education and high school.

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Recorded over 220 cases of dengue
Note Health | Department of Health Jalisco | Dengue. ◦ Four thousand 325 people infected
The IE amounts to three thousand classical 635 infections and 690 hemorrhagic variant, making a grand total of four thousand 325 people infected
GUADALAJARA, JALISCO .- The truce does not happen with dengue in the State. Even with the arrival of the winter season and low temperatures, do not stop infections, according to the latest report by the National Center for Epidemiology Surveillance and Disease Control (CENAVECE), cases continue to rise, says contrary to what the Secretariat de Salud Jalisco (SSJ).

In his recent epidemiological bulletin of the week 47, which ran from 22 to 28 November, indicated that in Jalisco were 169 new cases of dengue fever and 51 more of the hemorrhagic type. With this, the Bank amounted to three thousand classical 635 infections and 690 hemorrhagic variant, making a grand total of four thousand 325 people infected so far this year.

In 2008, the epidemiological week, the Bank had only 429 thousand registered infections.

During the same week, the State was the most reported cases of Guerrero, with 400 new infections, followed by San Luis Potosi, 300, Colima, 285, Jalisco, with 220, and Veracruz and Chiapas, with 191 each . . APPROPRIATIONS: Report Writing / RC

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Baby dies of dengue

Written by the Universal
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009 21:50
COLIMA, Colima .- Before the death of a 14-month dengue hemorrhagic fever, the first child victim in the country die of this virus, the government of Colima Tuesday launched an emergency program of prevention and control with the participation Health Sector, the Army and Navy of Mexico.

This program will reveal in the coming years the evolution of the disease, and determine solutions to the problem, with the aim of which is controlled.

It was suggested that 2015 has reduced the presence of two types of dengue (hemorrhagic and classic), below the average rate of seven states hardest hit by the disease.

The health secretary in the state, Saul Adame Barreto said the Program on Dengue Prevention and Control seeks to minimize its impact on general population, integrating the actions of public institutions with the various sectors of the population.

One of the tasks set is to break the breeding cycles of the fly, fumigation and trash removal, emphasizes the importance of public participation to promote healthy behaviors to meet as planned.

Likewise, promote efficient medical care in cases of dengue, with the mission work in teams throughout the health sector.

In the state 3 thousand have detected 762 cases of dengue, of which 3 thousand 97 are classic dengue and 661 of dengue hemorrhagic fever, and there have been three deaths, including child who died last Monday, in addition to three deaths diseases associated with dengue.

With respect to the deceased child, Adame Barreto said doctors of the hospital, the area of pediatrics, who have greater experience and ability in class, did everything humanly possible to save the life of the baby.

He explained that the reason for the increase in cases of hemorrhagic dengue is by combining two of the four serotypes that exist, whose level is higher lethality.

Entities also joined the records of an upturn in the number of cases are Jalisco, Guerrero, Chiapas, Michoacan and Yucatan, as the information system of Epidemiological Surveillance of the Ministry of Health.

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Jalisco close the year with 60 thousand probable cases of dengue
Secretary of Health recognizes that the epidemic broke records this year, influenced by the late rains.

Tue, 15/12/2009 - 13:44

To date, eight states including Jalisco changed the insecticide used to not getting good results. Photo: P?blicoGuadalajara .- The Health Secretary Alfonso Petersen Farah said Jalisco to close the year with 60 thousand probable cases of dengue infection this year broke the historic 2008.

The official explained that the reasons that 2009 was affected to give this epidemic not only in Jalisco, Mexico, but the behavior of the disease, climate change, microclimate, the resistance of the vector that has adapted better to low temperatures and the late rains.

He also indicated that there was resistance to the insecticide applied, because despite thoroughly fumigated colonies and communities throughout the state, outbreaks were maintained, as an example he cited the northern colonies outbreaks in south and west of the city, which concentrates most the 4 thousand 567 cases confirmed to five last December.

He considered that there are 50 per week by chaos new start date and estimated to fall, and even he was optimistic that there will assure week that reaches zero infections.

But he spoke about the risk that if there was no social participation, new outbreaks can be activated from next March so there is also risk in the population that suffer hemorrhagic dengue have been already subject to a first dengue infection.
The health secretary said last week a meeting with the rest of their colleagues in the country which came three key agreements: that not a single insecticide or use a single brand, which will follow the guidelines of the World Health Organization to protect staff exposed to the mist of the fumigant, and that sensitivity studies be taken so that each state choose the most appropriate insecticide.

To date, eight states, including Jalisco changed the insecticide used to not getting good results, but said that in January will unveil the products to use in 2010.

Maricarmen Rello / Milenio.com

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Google translation:

Dengue virus that migrated from the coast to the city
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The trash removal to prevent accumulation of water is a major action against the dengue mosquito. ARCHIVE

* They expect a complicated scenario for 2010

The number of infections that occurred during the year by far exceeded the estimates of the state Health Secretariat

GUADALAJARA, JALISCO .- A disease that was commonly considered tropical, this 2009 upended the entire health sector the State of Jalisco.

This is the dengue virus, which in other years had been exclusive to areas with humid climates, but went from one urban coastal problem.

The Guadalajara metropolitan area experienced an epidemic that was added to the no less human influenza.

Entire families are agglutinated in the areas of emergency in all hospitals, where special areas were opened to care for the sick, lying with fever "breaks bones, severe headaches, eye and body, waiting their turn to be reviewed.

It is not unusual presence of the virus, but the municipality of Guadalajara had not lived long such an effect.

The situation was coming. Since late 2008, international and national epidemiologists warned that the flies were adapted to all climates, and all environments, it was one of the consequences of climate change.

But beyond that provided for an increase in cases, expected the circulation of more types of the virus (it has four), they would result in an infestation of dengue hemorrhagic variant, which has more severe symptoms and can lead to death to the acquirer.

In 2009, in Jalisco circulating strain one and three, the latter with greater impact bleeding.

The goal of the Jalisco Health Secretariat (SJS) for this year was not to exceed 2008 levels of infection, which until the last day of December one thousand 441 cases were recorded throughout the State, with only four cases bleeding.

Epidemiological Week No. 28, comprising of 12 to 18 July, the goal seemed achievable: they recorded just 223 cases of dengue, including 20 of the hemorrhagic type.

However, for the month of September the number of infections increased dramatically, reaching 649 thousand, with 190 of them caused by the hemorrhagic variant of the virus.

In this year end, up to epidemiological week 49, which comprised of 6 to 12 December, Jalisco came to 4 thousand 697 cases, with 776 of these bleeding, surpassing the figure of one of the worst epidemics of dengue in the state, when they were 4 thousand 508 infections in 1988.

Operating without the expected success

Seeing the problem than expected for this year, the Jalisco Health Secretariat launched from April their combat operations against the mosquito that transmits dengue. For many, the action was belated, for the unit was to act in time.

It began with an operation in coordination with the metropolitan councils, for families to dispose of their pots, tires and other items that could store water during the next rainstorm.

While the SSJ insisted that it was a dengue outbreak and not an epidemic in the state and saw a rise in cases last year, especially in hemorrhagic infections.

Already in August, the outbreaks were targeted in various colonies of the East of Guadalajara, so, again, had to make an intensification of combat duties against the vector.

The cases kept appearing and led a trend; be seen on the official figures from the National Center of Epidemiological Surveillance and Disease Control (CENAVECE), and hospitals filled with people, from children to adults, affected by the virus.

Live Santa Maria Tequepexpan unrecognized outbreak

In late August, residents of Santa Maria Tequepexpan in Tlaquepaque, complained to the report that people were experiencing a dengue outbreak, and at least 100 people were sick, without the Jalisco Health Secretariat did nothing about it .

Supported by the pastor of the population, the priest Mart?n G?mez Rodr?guez, neighbors said it was a hundred people the infected, and which had tests: laboratory results and prescriptions Western General Hospital, the Hospital Civil de Guadalajara and private nursing homes.

The priest said that such was the neglect of the epidemic by health authorities, who decided to bring it to the public.

At that time, the SSJ recognized that the whole municipality of Tlaquepaque had only 80 confirmed cases of dengue, and denied that the problem of Santa Maria Tequepexpan out to the extent that people mentioned.

Despite denying the existence of the outbreak, the day that this media published information (31 August), two Health Caravans were installed in the village, and in the morning brigade, led by the Director of Public Health SSJ, Elizabeth Ulloa Robles, came to that town for fumigation work, fog and deliberate search for cases. It also opened the evening shift of the health center to meet demand, even if they did not accept the outbreak.

The official argued that "officially", the agency had registered only 10 cases in the colony, and not 100, as her people.

In this regard, he was asked:

- The secretariat knew there was the problem?
"We knew there were probable cases, confirming that we have these 10, we know that there is a problem and are working Tequepexpan.
- 10 to 100 cases much difference, no?
"There's not much difference, this is notification that we have, through official channels, from Civil Hospital, Western General Hospital and Health Center, and as we have been working.
- Is there 10 confirmed cases means that there is an outbreak?
"It means that there are positive cases, which are confined to one area and that has to work as we worked.
They are different figures they refer to the official figures we have, but intend to come with the pastor is to coordinate efforts, and if he tells us there is this list, go and visit the house of every citizen to give attention.

Interviewed separately, the then health minister, Alfonso Guti?rrez Carranza, emphasized that the dengue outbreak was not only in Santa Maria Tequepexpan, and if they had not counted all cases was due to late notification of these by medical institutions, clinics especially Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS) in the State.

Nearly four months of community lived outbreak, health authorities in Jalisco continues to deny that Mary Tequepexpan has experienced a dengue outbreak that, as time passed, eventually totaled more than 150 infected, many with serious repercussions.

Cobra one fatality

A girl aged 23, resident of the Colony Echeverr?a in Guadalajara, became the first fatality of the dengue virus in Jalisco this year.

Having received three misdiagnoses before his death at a private hospital, died on August 29 because of a dengue shock syndrome "unusual."

His death was analyzed at the State Epidemiological Surveillance Committee, composed of all medical institutions, the University of Guadalajara (University of Guadalajara) and the Ministry of Health Jalisco (SSJ).

The conclusion was that the attending physician did not diagnose the disease promptly and never reported the case to the state agency, which led him to receive a penalty.

She did not present the common symptoms of dengue fever, joint pain and intraocular and headache, which prevented the doctor "thought of dengue when diagnosed.

At the hospital, said it was typhoid fever, brucellosis and then after salmonellosis. After he died, the doctor realized that the laboratory test him to do previously, had tested positive for dengue.

Guti?rrez Carranza says goodbye

Neither the work stoppage in the health centers of the state in late 2008, or the death of Miguel ?ngel L?pez Rocha, and the markup of dengue figures were sufficient grounds for Alfonso Guti?rrez Carranza, secretary of health in Jalisco , was dismissed from his post.

It was not until late October when, amid a crisis situation in the health sector by the many cases of influenza and dengue fever, saying it was for "personal reasons", the officer submitted his irrevocable resignation to the Governor of the of Jalisco, Emilio Gonzalez Marquez, who defended him on countless occasions.

The controversial health secretary left the unit and never showed his face to the media.

His departure was cause for celebration for many university officials and deputies who always doubted their ability to serve as a unit he led.

Instead, he entered Alfonso Petersen Farah, who then was president of the municipality of Guadalajara, and that the previous administration had already been responsible for the health of Jalisco.

Underreporting

The head of the Center for Health UdeG, Marco Antonio Castillo Moran, once said that in Jalisco there is significant underreporting of dengue cases, namely that the official data were only part of the problem.

He claimed that for each of dengue infection, there were 13 more who were not registered by the State Health Secretariat, because not all patients were doing a lab test to confirm the virus and were diagnosed only by symptoms.

After many times not to accept a unit, specifically the owner, Alfonso Petersen Farah, said in late October in Jalisco had around 20 thousand probable cases of the disease.

In this December, the official said that this 2009 would close with a record of at least 60 thousand cases likely.

Petersen Farah took a few days ago that 2010 might be a year "very critical" in terms of dengue, if people do not take the necessary measures for that country, and although the epidemic is under control now, the problem could be reactivated in the early months of next year.

He said the year "atypical" who lived in the area of Jalisco was due to dengue in the state had many people vulnerable to infection and climate change issues as the micro climates and delayed rains and the lack of results that were expected after the strategies to prevent and combat the epidemic.

The mosquito became resistant

The insecticide used for spraying was not right

In late September, there was a criticism by the leader of the Council of Chambers of Industry in Jalisco (CCIJ), Javier Guti?rrez Trevi?o, around which the insecticide used the State Health Secretariat against the dengue mosquito was not indicated.

Given this, the agency said the "Aqua Reslin Super" was perfect for action against the mosquito that transmits dengue, by virtue of being more effective in the air, said the director of Administration, Guillermo Orellana Alonso.

Seeing that dengue was no respite in the State, tore, again with an enhanced operational actions against the virus, house by house.

After several days of work, the secretariat took the decision to change again fumigant, because in some colonies of black was showing resistance to insecticide.

The new Health Secretary Alfonso Petersen Farah, announced that it authorized an extraordinary purchase of 10 million pesos for a new insecticide called phenothrin, which would be used in tandem with "Deltamethrin" and "Aqua Reslin Super" would only for use inside the state, where no outbreaks were localized risk.

As virus transmission continued, it was decided to do a complete sweep in the Metropolitan Zone of Guadalajara.

Up to 200 cases per day

Hospitals were overtaken by the demand of patients

Just as human influenza patients, those infected by dengue virus saturated for several weeks, public health services and private, presenting the highest rate of incidence during August and September.

In clinics of the IMSS, Guadalajara Civil Hospital and General Hospital of the West, there were days when consultations were increased over 100% to have more than 200 patients with dengue fever or flu symptoms daily.

Since both diseases share symptoms such as fever over 38 degrees, headache and body, one of the problems we experienced in hospitals where doctors were confused the clinical symptoms of both viruses, and in some cases misdiagnosed .

The same situation was experienced in other states of Mexico, where doctors were busy with not much demand for services.

It was unusual, and the same medical institutions agreed that they were happening, it was a difficult test.

Citizen criticism were the order of the day, because despite his affectations, they had to spend days outside hospitals waiting to be served, sometimes without success. And if that were not enough, had to spend hours to receive an inability of the IMSS.

And student absenteeism was notable. In a talk of coffee or a desktop at home, dengue is carried much of the talk, because it was common to hear that "someone" had already had dengue.

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Dengue is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito infected with any of the four disease virus. Symptoms appear between three and 14 days after the bite. It is a serious disease with symptoms similar to flu and there is no specific treatment.

The hemorrhagic type is a potentially fatal, but early clinical diagnosis and careful clinical management can save many lives.

The symptoms of dengue

Symptoms vary from a mild fever to incapacitating high fever with severe headaches, muscle and joint pain and rashes.

In dengue hemorrhagic fever are the same symptoms, coupled with abdominal pain, vomiting and bleeding.

There is no specific treatment for dengue. The only way to prevent virus transmission is to combat the mosquitoes that carry the disease.

SOURCE: World Health Organization (WHO).

Dengue in Jalisco

Classical 3-type spill-thousand 921
Spillover of the hemorrhagic type 776
Total of 4 thousand 697 infections

Texts: Thamara Villasenor
CREDITS: Report Writing / RC

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Re: Dengue in Mexico

http://www.milenio.com/node/358210

Dengue grew 235% in 2009
The final balance of the year is 4.835 laboratory-confirmed cases.

Tue, 12/01/2010 - 06:17

PublicGuadalajara.- Officially closed last year with 4.835 people affected by dengue in Jalisco. The figure represents an increase of 235.5 percent over 2008, when a total of 1.441 cases were reported for this entity.

Jumped dramatically in 2009 the number of patients with dengue hemorrhagic fever, the acute form of the disease rose 19.650 percent to reach 790. Last year only reported four infections.

In the final ranking of confirmed cases, the entity Jalisco finished fourth nationally, with just 16 people sick unless your neighbor Nayarit, who won third place, and good part of Guerrero and Veracruz, which held the second and first seat in the country with confirmed infections 5.704 and 6.268 respectively.

Even during the last three weeks of 2009, several U.S. states was the presence of dengue cases. With respect to Jalisco did not cut the transmission of this disease. To a lesser extent, dengue was still present in several municipalities of the south coast and the Guadalajara metropolitan area, as was assumed.

The head of epidemiology at the State Health Secretariat (SJS), Lucia Salazar Montes, announced that in the weeks 50, 51 and 52, were reported 138 new cases of dengue, 124 of the classic type and 14 of the hemorrhagic variant and mentioned that are in people with date of onset of illness in last December.

With the above, it throws overboard the estimate made by the holder of the state unit, Alfonso Petersen Farah, who last week said that because Jalisco reported no case of dengue in the weeks 50 and 51, and stand third consecutive week with "zero cases" could declare that it was cutting the transmission of infection (Public, January 6, 2010).

Salazar Montes corrected. Jalisco said it "went up cases" unique information platform for both weeks, and was the National Center of Epidemiological Surveillance and Disease Control (CENAVECE)-federal body that supports the statistical notifiable disease in all of Mexico-the did not publish the information in the weeks 50 and 51, coinciding with the holiday period that ended last week. Until yesterday, the annual accumulated CENAVECE reported in the Journal Epidemiology.

The interviewee noted that at week 52 (which runs from 27 December 2009 to January 2, 2010), are only eleven of the 138 cases are accumulated and all the classical type.

The official explained that in Jalisco for every five cases of classic type presented one of dengue hemorrhagic fever, and found it difficult this year, despite the risk of hemorrhagic version is greater among those who once suffered as dengue, no will equal the proportion that reached Veracruz almost a classic case of one bleeding.

He said 76 municipalities of Jalisco reported cases of dengue fever and of these 37 were reported in hemorrhagic fever (fifteen with a single case). Among the municipalities most affected by infection transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, Guadalajara tops the list with 1.507 patients confirmed in 2009 (417 hemorrhagic), then Puerto Vallarta is a total of 732, followed by Tlaquepaque, with 615; Zapopan, Tonala with 434 and with 319.

Finally responded that the closure of 2009 could change if in the coming weeks, 2010 cases are reported with a date of onset corresponds to the last year, which is considered unlikely.