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The hospital authorities Mario Rivas reported yesterday that have entered a patient that she tested positive for influenza A, but lack confirm if it is of type H1N1.
Luisamaria Pineda, epidemiologist of the hospital, reported that the 36 year old man from the town of Villanueva, Income The last Thursday in the Intensive Care Unit for respiratory problems and still remains delicate health.
"I came with respiratory failure and complications by other health problems that already had of basis. Had not been informed yet because it was discarded, if i had or not influenza, but already the reviews were positive, although it was not yet known if it is H1N1, because there are 144 strains of influenza A. Since 2009, the swine flu-H1N1 is the most affected to Honduras, but it is not the only one. We have had of another type, although these are less virulent," said Pineda. The patient is recovering slowly.
Luisamaria Pineda, epidemiologist of the hospital, reported that the 36 year old man from the town of Villanueva, Income The last Thursday in the Intensive Care Unit for respiratory problems and still remains delicate health.
"I came with respiratory failure and complications by other health problems that already had of basis. Had not been informed yet because it was discarded, if i had or not influenza, but already the reviews were positive, although it was not yet known if it is H1N1, because there are 144 strains of influenza A. Since 2009, the swine flu-H1N1 is the most affected to Honduras, but it is not the only one. We have had of another type, although these are less virulent," said Pineda. The patient is recovering slowly.
