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The influenza A H1N1 has reappeared in Honduras, as informed the boss of alertness of the Health, the doctor Tom?s Guevara .'A turn what we have of the system of alertness virol?gico of respiratory illnesses, a case was brought last week of A H1N1 detected in San Pedro Sula ', it detailed. The influenza A H1N1 has porcine components, you will get ready and human beings. One infects from human being to human being for the air routes, like the seasonal flu, not only for contact with pigs. It affects principally children and elders, although also to healthy adults. The symptoms are very similar to those of the flu, between them fever over 39 grades, cough, headache, muscular pain, absence of appetite, morning sickness and nasal congestion .'Las investigations that are doing is to see wherefrom this patient was coming, if it had had contact with the exterior ', it mentioned. The first one infected is already in recovery, ' he is already out of danger and the information of the investigation will be announced next Monday ', he made sure.
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Re: First confirmed case of H1N1 in Honduras
Second Influenza Case Confirmed in Honduras
Tegucigalpa, Apr 11 (Prensa latina) Honduran health authorities confirmed on Monday the second infection with influenza A (H1N1) in 2011, although the possibility of an outbreak was ruled out.
The Head of Epidemiological Surveillance of the Ministry of Health Thomas Guevara said the most recent case was diagnosed in Tegucigalpa and the previuos one was in San Pedro Sula. Both are safe.
Guevara dismissed the idea of a new outbreak of the flu because, unlike previous years, now they have vaccines and the country is better prepared.
However, he recommended people to wash their hands with soap and water and avoid kissing during greetings.
He also urged heads of schools and businesses to send people with symptoms of the flu home to avoid spreading the influenza.
Since its appereance in Honduras in 2009, influenza A (H1N1) killed 18 people.
According to the World Health Organization, the flu left 18,000 people dead in the world after detecting the first cases in April 2009 in Mexico.
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