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Alert, a rise in influenza cases
Alert, a rise in influenza cases
By: AGENCY REFORM / MEXICO CITY .-
Deputy General Directorate of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health reported that since April there has been an increase in the number of hospitalized at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases, which has been used as an indicator of influenza A virus H1N1.
In the newsletter, "Influenza in Mexico, spring-summer 2010" of April 2, dependency on growth stands in contrast to hospitalized patients intubated or require mechanical assistance to breathe.
"It's remarkable peak is observed in the number of patients hospitalized and intubated during the 2009-2010 influenza season and how this trend is emerging again," said the bulletin.
It was last October when the INER had the highest number of persons since the beginning of the epidemic, with 85 hospitalized, in contrast to the winter months, when the number of inmates fell significantly to recover since March.
For the intubated, the highest figure was also presented in the month of October, when it gave the highest peak of the epidemic in the country. At that time, about 38 people requiring mechanical ventilation. For the first week of April, the INER had about 18 people in this situation.
On Tuesday, the National Commissioner for Influenza, Alejandro Mac?as, recognized the increase of patients in the INER and estimated at more than 100 the number of people hospitalized for this disease in the national health institutes of the country