Tweet
Spanish-English translation
Salud.La World Health Organization (WHO) warns should strengthen monitoring and information locally
August 19, 2012, 6:30 PM
A/H1N1, Cholera and Dengue
The first circulating in Santiago and the National District, the others are on alert incidence
Written by: Dayana Acosta
Santo Domingo. - The H1N1 influenza, cholera and dengue fever are the main diseases that hospitals maintain active according to data contained in Bulletin No. 31 of the Bureau of Epidemiology.
The report argues that was identified A/H1N1-2009 Influenza virus circulation in Santiago and the National District, disease appeared three years ago in the country and caused a stir locally and internationally.
Influenza 'A' (H1N1) infection is a highly contagious acute respiratory of pigs caused by some of the various influenza viruses of type 'A' of the sort.
Regarding dengue, according to the report, are still in "Zone Alarm" Duarte provinces, Hermanas Mirabal, San Crist?bal, Valverde, La Vega, Santiago, Santo Domingo, National District, Maria Trinidad Sanchez and Monsignor Nouel, because they have a active circulation.
So far the targets that have accumulated entity 921 thousand cases including 63 deaths and serious 6.
By cholera have reported 27 suspected cases, 100% were hospitalized and studied by laboratory. Of the cases reported this week, 59 percent reside in different neighborhoods of the city of Santiago de los Caballeros.
Since the epidemic began to week 31 of this year's 26.090 suspected cases, 412 deaths suspicious, 75 percent of the cases have been hospitalized, 42 percent were studied and 167 laboratory-confirmed deaths.
The World Health Organization (WTO) reiterated, in a statement, the importance of disease surveillance, which should be part of comprehensive surveillance of the country and should include appropriate feedback to the local level and information globally .