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589 cases of viral fever reported in TVM
Thiruvananthapuram, Wednesday 27 May 2009: As many as 589 cases of viral fever were reported in the district on Tuesday, District Surveillance Officer Amar Fettle said.
As a proportion of the district?s population, this figure is within acceptable limits, he added.
Five cases of chikungunya have been confirmed in May in the district. No confirmed cases were reported on Tuesday.
?The symptoms of this disease are very similar to those of viral fever. From the field, a person is identified as a ?suspect? case of chikungunya. After a doctor?s examination, the status is upgraded to ?probable,? if needed. Only when a lab confirms the disease can we say a person has chikungunya,? Dr. Fettle said.
There are no indications as on Tuesday to suggest a surge in the incidence of any communicable diseases, including chikungunya, leptospirosis, malaria and dengue, in the district. The throat swab taken from a 10-year-old child who developed influenza-like symptoms after returning from the U.S. recently, has tested negative for influenza A (H1N1), he added.
589 cases of viral fever reported in TVM
Thiruvananthapuram, Wednesday 27 May 2009: As many as 589 cases of viral fever were reported in the district on Tuesday, District Surveillance Officer Amar Fettle said.
As a proportion of the district?s population, this figure is within acceptable limits, he added.
Five cases of chikungunya have been confirmed in May in the district. No confirmed cases were reported on Tuesday.
?The symptoms of this disease are very similar to those of viral fever. From the field, a person is identified as a ?suspect? case of chikungunya. After a doctor?s examination, the status is upgraded to ?probable,? if needed. Only when a lab confirms the disease can we say a person has chikungunya,? Dr. Fettle said.
There are no indications as on Tuesday to suggest a surge in the incidence of any communicable diseases, including chikungunya, leptospirosis, malaria and dengue, in the district. The throat swab taken from a 10-year-old child who developed influenza-like symptoms after returning from the U.S. recently, has tested negative for influenza A (H1N1), he added.
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