Honduras: Health reported 172 cases of A H1N1 - 4 deaths in 2013

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AlertFriday June 8, 2012

Honduras: Health reported 20 cases of A H1N1
11:21 pm - Ana Acosta The Herald tried to communicate with representatives of Epidemiological Surveillance of the Ministry of Health to see where those affected, but no authority answered the call.
Take precautions to avoid contracting the disease. ()



TEGUCIGALPA,Honduras The A H1N1 is here to stay in Honduras in 2009. This flu claimed several victims in the country, especially in the larger cities of the country. Currently there are more than 20 cases in just two months.The Health Ministry posted these cases between the last two months of this year, April and May.Earlier this year there were also cases, so it took some measures at the border with Nicaragua, for the rebound that took the neighboring country.Until yesterday the brother country counts 247 cases of influenza A H1N1 from the start of the outbreak, an official source in that country. The Herald tried to communicate with representatives of Epidemiological Surveillance of the Ministry of Health to see where those affected, but no authority answered the call.The prevention of this disease are the constant hand washing.Sneeze into your forearm, not greet people with a kiss or stay in crowded places.If you suspect the disease go immediately to a medical facility for care.

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Health: 70 are already the confirmed cases of A-H1N1 in Honduras

Tegucigalpa. The influenza A-H1N1 keeps on finding conditions to make the Honduran ill.

Authorities of Health confirmed that 70 are already the persons affected by the influenza in the country; nevertheless, not only it is a question of the vine-stock H1N1, since lookouts have identified the authorities of Health in the places the presence of the types H3N2 and influenza B.

Both vine-stocks possess a gravity index of the pandemic of 2 % very lower than 5 % that represents the gravity index of the H1N1.

In case of the influenza H3N2 it belongs to the group A of the influenza as the vine-stock H1N1, same that they can provoke big epidemics. Whereas the influenza B infects almost in exclusive interview human beings and in animals only to the seals, this one is less frequent and with minor aggressiveness that the type A.

According to Bredy Lara, boss of Alertness of the Health, the new identified types do not represent major risks for the population; nevertheless, the identification of these continues.

Lara informed that up to the moment the places lookouts have notified 30 cases of influenza H1N1, seven of H3N2 and 39 cases of infuenza B, three types of influenza that circulate already in the country.

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Health 3 confirmed deaths from influenza A H1N1

Health Officials yesterday confirmed with laboratory tests the death of three people by the influenza A H1N1, including two in the capital and one in San Pedro Sula.

There are also three other deaths in the Hospital School that are in the process of investigation to determine whether this was due to the disease. This day the health authorities stated that they will give the official data that have been registered in the country on the mortality and causes of the disease and that until last week had been quantified infected 30 people. The previous saturday died in the cardiopulmonary National Institute - Hospital of the Chest--a lady of 57 years of age and a resident of Valley of Los Angeles, Francisco Moraz?n, after more than a week internal suspected of being infected with the influenza A H1N1, But that was confirmed by the laboratory test, its director, Ren? Cubas.

http://www.tiempo.hn/portada/noticias/salud-confirma-3-muertes-por-la-influenza-a-h1n1

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76 Patients with confirmed influenza A H1N1

The cases of influenza are increasing daily in the country and the health authorities yesterday confirmed that in the public hospitals there are 76 people infected with the disease.



Have confirmed 76 cases of influenza A H1N1 to the week 42, There was a large amount in the metropolitan area of the Sula Valley, which are virtually in the municipality of San Pedro Sula; Choloma; Puerto Cort?s; San Manuel; Villanueva; Potrerillos and Lima, in the area totaling 59 cases, said Bredy Lara, head of Health Surveillance.

In Francisco Moraz?n we have eight cases that are the Central District; six cases in Santa Barbara, that have little relationship and communication with San Pedro Sula and that access more search consultation in these places, he said. He said that there is only one deceased confirmed and the other five deaths that have been reported by the media are in the process of outsource their confirmatory tests.

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Honduras: 85 confirmed cases and a killed by influenza A H1N1

The cases of influenza A confirmed increased to 85 in Honduras, where a nurse is the first Haitian fatal victim in the country by this evil so far this year, reported today an official source. The Honduran Minister of Health, Salvador Pineda, told local press that the 85 cases were confirmed by laboratory analyzes in several state hospitals. One of the new cases is that of a man who remains hospitalized in the intensive care unit of the Mario Catarino Rivas hospital in the northern city of San Pedro Sula. The director of the Mario Catarino Rivas, Juan Carlos Argueta, told reporters that the man, whose name and age do not need, is 'sensitive' and that their state is 'not favorable' .added that so far are reported more than 30 people infected with this virus in San Pedro Sula.

http://www.laprensa.hn/inicio/396695-96/honduras-85-casos-confirmados-y-un-muerto-por-gripe-a-h1n1

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Confirmed second death from influenza this year in Honduras

Tegucigalpa. The chief of Epidemiological Surveillance of Hospital School, Cristina Rodriguez, told reporters that it was confirmed the second death by the H1N1 virus and that the victim was a man whose identification is not revealed and that was served at the same hospital of the Honduran capital. The sick came from Choluteca, south of Honduras, said Rodriguez, who also pointed out that in the Hospital School receive medical care 22 patients suspected of having contracted the deadly disease. The first death due to influenza in Honduras, a Haitian woman of 32 years, was confirmed at the end of last October.

http://www.s21.com.gt/internacionales/2013/11/02/confirman-segunda-muerte-gripe-este-ano-honduras

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750,000 people vaccinated in Honduras against the AH1N1


The health authorities of Honduras today initiated a vaccination campaign to immunize approximately 750,000 people against the H1N1 influenza, which has claimed two victims were killed, including a woman of Haitian nationality. The Honduran Minister of Health, Salvador Pineda, the campaign kicked off in the Central Square of Tegucigalpa, together with other authorities, and indicated that in Honduras, the activity will continue until November 15. Mainly cover the immunization of children under the age of five years, women of childbearing age, older adults, people with cancer, HIV, tuberculosis, diabetes, asthma, among other chronic diseases, he added Pineda. According to the official, the campaign has a cost of 72 million lempiras ( $3.5 million), provided by the Government of Honduras and some international agencies, which did not require

http://www.el-nacional.com/salud_y_bienestar/Vacunan-personas-Honduras-AH1N1_0_294570643.html

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Three the number of deaths from influenza AH1N1

The number of deaths caused by the influenza AH1N1 in Honduras and amounted to three cases of cowpox to 91, reported today the director of health surveillance in this central American country, Bredy Lara. "The people who have died by this virus are three," said Lara to journalists, after commenting on the fact that the number of patients who have contracted the disease added 91.

He added that the third victim is a mortal man, whose name and age do not need, and died in the Hospital School in Tegucigalpa. The patient came from the village of Valle de Los Angeles, to the east of Tegucigalpa, said Lara, who also pointed out that the Honduran capital and San Pedro Sula, are the two cities that have recorded more cases of patients suspected of having contracted the deadly disease, but gave no figures. The first death due to influenza in Honduras was confirmed at the end of October and this is a Haitian nurse, identified as Meleine Derije, of 32 years, who died in a private hospital in the central American country. The second fatality is a Honduran, whose name and age have not been disclosed by the authorities, and died in the Hospital School in Tegucigalpa, where he arrived from Choluteca, south of the country.

http://elmundo.com.sv/honduras-aumenta-a-tres-el-numero-de-muertos-por-gripe-ah1n1

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Await results of 30 suspects of H1N1 in Honduras

A 14-year-old girl is in hospital internal Mario Rivas with suspected symptoms of influenza A-H1N1.Luisa Mar?a Pineda, epidemiologist of the Medical Center, reported that is giving the minor treatment, a sample was taken and they are waiting for results.'We will wait to get to the conclusion if it was or not influenza A-H1N1, although we have no confirmation, is being given the drug because it has all the features and is highly suspicious'.In the Mario Rivas is waiting for 30 results of people who were internal with suspicious symptoms of the H1N1.''Has been a lot of cases with rapid tests which have been positive, but when it comes to our confirmation are negative', said the specialist.12 Cases of influenza A-H1N1 have been confirmed so far of the year.Pineda said that of 30 results expected, 20 samples were taken last week and the 10 others this week. Exclusive to assist patients room still enabled, but due to the low income has not been used.

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A woman is the fourth fatal victim by A-H1N1 in Honduras

This day the Health Authorities of Honduras confirmed the fourth person dead as a result of the influenza A/H1N1 in the Honduran territory so far in 2013.The name of victim is unknown, but according to infromaron sources, is a woman who hails from San Pedro Sula that he suffered from hypertension and had asthma history. Bredy Lara, head of Epidemiological Surveillance of the Ministry of Health, said there are about 127 (71 women and 56 men) cases confirmed by the Ministry of Health of developing the disease. This week ends the campaign of vaccination against influenza A-H1N1 that began last week in the major cities in Honduras, with children and the elderly persons with priority to immunize against the epidemic.

http://www.laprensa.hn/honduras/sanpedrosula/421519-98/una-mujer-es-la-cuarta-victima-mortal-por-a-h1n1-en-honduras

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Women of 51 years is the fourth victim of the flu

A 51-year-old woman became the fourth victim deadly cobra that influenza A H1N1 in the country since the first cases discovered in August, according to statistics released yesterday by the authorities of the Ministry of Health. Fulltext Item



The deceased lady was a native of San Pedro Sula, who died in the intensive care room at the Honduran Social Security Institute (IHSS) of the north at the end of the month of September, after a complication by hypertension. The four who died from the disease are three women and one man, but the first that was certified in the country was a Haitian woman, who expired on October 18 in a private clinic instigator. Until the epidemiological week number 44, from 13 to 19 October, the statistics of the Ministry of Health reported that persons affected by the disease are 127, cases that have been confirmed in the laboratory of virology of the ministerial portfolio.

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Increase to 155 cases of influenza A/H1N1

The authorities of the Secretary of Health, reported that 155 total cases of influenza A/H1N1 in the country. Health authorities explained the latest data in Honduras by the influenza A H1N1.

The Minister of Health, Salvador Pineda, explained that the cases have increased in comparison to the other weeks, reflecting an oversight in the prevention of part of the Honduran population. Pineda said that so far there have been only four deaths by the deadly disease in patients who contracted the virus and came very late to the hospital center.

Of the 155 cases of influenza, are recorded 88 cases of women and 67 men. By this disease, already four confirmed deaths reported by the health authorities.

Of these four deaths, there are three women and one man is.

Recently, health authorities announced the expansion of the vaccination campaign against this virus, by 15 days more.

http://www.latribuna.hn/2013/11/20/aumentan-a-155-los-casos-de-influenza-ah1n1/

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Up to 25 suspected cases of H1N1 per week in San Pedro

Between 20 and 25 suspected cases of influenza H1N1 arriving per week to the hospitals of San Pedro Sula, in northern Honduras, says Julio Rodriguez, director of the metropolitan region of Health. 'San Pedro Sula has always been the city that most cases has been presented at the national level', concerns. The official explained that to counteract the incidence began a day of vaccination, which will run for two weeks more. 'The next week we will dedicate ourselves to vaccinate over the age of 60 years as part of the prevention, especially because they are part of the population more vulnerable to disease', concludes Rodriguez.

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at the national level have been confirmed around 155 cases. Of that number, 68 are males and 87 females. Meanwhile, the deaths from this disease amounted to four.

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Climb to 172 cases of influenza A H1N1

The number of cases of influenza A (H1N1 have been increased in the last week to 172, of whom 76 are men and 96 women, said the head of Epidemiological Surveillance of the Ministry of Health, Bredy Lara. Health authorities met yesterday to acquaint the population the latest statistics by the influenza A H1N1.

The majority of the cases have been recorded in San Pedro Sula and the municipality of the Central District, Francisco Moraz?n, followed by Choloma, cuts. "We will continue next week with the vaccination against the influenza A H1N1, mainly in the most vulnerable population as older adults, people with chronic diseases and children," he explained.

http://www.latribuna.hn/2013/12/05/a-172-suben-los-casos-por-influenza-a-h1n1/