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Triggers pneumonia there are 155 cases this year
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Only three in Tabasco tuberculosis
Posted: Tuesday, February 8, 2011, at 05:03 hrs.By: Christian Solorio
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Sudden changes in temperature in recent days have been reported in Tabasco as a result of the arrival of cold fronts, have resulted in a week have registered 78 cases of pneumonia and bronchopneumonia, as well as 13,354 cases of acute respiratory infections revealed the National Center of Epidemiological Surveillance and Disease Control (Cenavece).
The agency under the Ministry of Health indicated that only epidemiological week 3, which ranges from 16 to 22 January in Tabasco were registered 78 cases of pneumonia and bronchopneumonia, for a total of 155 so far 2011, higher than the 122 cases recorded in the same period but from 2010.
SICK OVER THIS YEAR
He indicated that in the case of acute respiratory infections (ARIs) in Week 3, there were 13,354 cases, for a total of 26 thousand 640 cumulative cases through 2011, a figure well in excess of 24,758 cases reported but in the same period of 2010.
In the case of tuberculosis, through Week 3 only 4 cases had been registered, for a total of 11 so far in 2011 against 17 in the same period but in 2010, with regard to cases of H1N1 influenza and seasonal influenza does not have reported a single case. In this situation the Ministry of Health called on people to extreme measures to prevent the spread of respiratory diseases.
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