The alert is now raised in the health sector in Guatemala before the appearance of a probable case of infection with influenza A (H1N1)

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Spanish to Eng. translation

Guatemalan detect potential virus A (H1N1)

Guatemala, February 19 (PL) The alert is now raised in the health sector in Guatemala before the appearance of a probable case of infection with influenza A (H1N1).

The Minister of Health and Welfare, Ludwig Ovalle, announced the completion of a verification process of the patient whose symptoms suggest that bad, but not confirmed.

However, in the national was declared a phase of surveillance, according to Guatemalan news agency.

In 2010, he explained, were given 30 000 million preventive doses of the disease, which the authorities do not rule out that this new case is the result of risk factors for viral diseases that attack the immune system.

The first person infected with the pathogen in Guatemala, after the start of the epidemic worldwide, publicly confirmed in May 2009.

The last known balance of that period claimed the incidence of the disease in 80 thousand Guatemalans and deaths at 18.