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Domingo October 23, 2011
They fear the outbreak of A/H1N1 influenza
02:00 pm - Writing: redaccion@laprensa.hn
Health officials fear an outbreak of influenza A/H1N1, as the cold and rain conducive environment for this recurrence.
Doctors
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
The low temperatures that have occurred nationally, because of the low pressure system arrived in the country, could leave its consequences. Surveillance on the border with Nicaragua remains, while the cases in the neighboring country increase and now number 147 records of people who are infected.
The same virus, 2009
Thomas Guevara, head of Health Surveillance, said that "it is the same virus of 2009, which is spreading so far no cases in Honduras, but we keep alert and surveillance measures, mainly on the borders with Nicaragua" .
So far this year in the country were two isolated cases, one in March and one in July in San Pedro Sula.
There are 160 cases of malaria
Health authorities reported at least 160 cases of malaria nationwide in recent weeks as a result of the constant rains.
Malaria is caused by a parasite transmitted by the bite of infected Anopheles mosquito. Symptoms may include anemia, red blood cell loss, as well as large amounts of hemoglobin released by red blood cells rupture.
The disease in the country is not fatal, but it is very annoying, in Asia the disease is fatal, because the mosquito that transmits it is more aggressive than living in the area of the Americas.
Deputy Health Minister, Javier Pastor, confirmed cases were recorded in the northern sector of Olancho, in the area of Dulce Nombre de Culm? and on the border with Columbus, as the sectors with the highest number of cases reported.
Leptospirosis surveillance
To avoid an epidemic of leptospirosis after flooding in the southern region, the Secretariat of Health has adopted rapid tests and medicines against the disease.
Leptospirosis is caused by the urine of animals, especially rodents.
Thomas Guevara, chief warden of Health, said that one of the main concerns of this dependence on the state is that the houses have been invaded by rats.
"For the flooding in the areas of crops, rats have taken refuge in the houses, that puts us on alert because you can give a leptospirosis outbreak," he said.
The epidemiologist explained that one of the main problems is the lack of drinking water, which makes the chances of contracting this disease increases, as the waters that these families have so far been polluted.