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Tuberculosis back to Veracruz and is resistant to antibiotics
By Brenda Guevara Lira
Veracruz, Friday, December 17, 2010 - 12:32 hrs
In Veracruz there are diseases that were thought to be eradicated and remain valid as tuberculosis, which is even resistant to antibiotics. Moreover, being a coastal state eminently migratory path of people, is particularly exposed.
This was announced during an event announcing the construction at the Port of Veracruz Biomedical Research Center for Infectious Diseases consisting of between 18 and 24 laboratories.
This with the aim of developing new vaccines and develop new drugs to treat diseases related to climate change such as dengue, which now is already in mountainous areas.
Venereal diseases will be investigated which have become due to abuse in the use of antibiotics and drogoresistente tuberculosis, which thought it had been eradicated, but now strengthened, is resistant to antibiotics and is in Veracruz, as said Victor Alcaraz CEO Council for Science and Technology Veracruz.
He explained that the municipality of Veracruz, there is a risk of infectious diseases by global climate change, because migration corridor and Puerto
The mayor of Veracruz, Jon Rementer?a Semp?, said the biomedical research center will be under the aegis of the Council of Science and Technology Veracruz.
Construction will be completed in the first stage within 6 months, with an investment of 11 million pesos of Metropolitan Development Fund.
So far, 29 researchers of international stature have already sent your resume to join this project will serve to Veracruz, Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean and the Antilles.
Participating institutions French Research Institute for Development and Health Institute of France.
Finally, Elijah Vidal, Executive Secretary of Veracruz System, reported that tuberculosis and dengue fever are the ones that have rebounded in the state.