1st confirmed death from A/H1N1 in Argentina

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Source: http://www.diarionorte.com/noticia.php?numero=35319

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A baby of three months is the first victim of influenza A in Argentina

Monday, June 15, 2009 - 19:30

A baby of three months today became the first victim of influenza A in Argentina, 48 days after you register the first case in the country, as confirmed today the Minister of Health of the Nation, Graciela Oca?a.

In the usual daily press conference, Oca?a said that the last time 89 new cases were added to make a total of 728 affected by the H1N1 virus.

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Re: 1st confirmed death from A/H1N1 in Argentina

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Swine flu: one baby died and four others are very serious

Oca?a reported the first death from influenza A H1N1 in the country. Four other cases, among which there are an unspecified number of kids are serious. Are 89 positive cases and 940 samples studied by the Malbr?n.

A baby three months on Monday became the first fatality of influenza A in Argentina. And four others, including children, are severe. This confirmed the Minister of Health, Granciela Oca?a, this afternoon.

The child, said the official, would have presented the box to return from a trip abroad and his health deteriorated, suffering a pulmonary edema, which ended up causing his death.

The minister added that there are four serious cases, with assistance respitoria and that "young people, including children and people between 20 and 50 years," although he preferred not to specify.

In the usual daily press conference, Oca?a said that the last time 89 new cases were added to make a total of 728 people affected by the H1N1 virus. Meanwhile, other 940 samples were studied at the Institute Malbr?n.

In addition, 48 schools remained closed until Monday for the new detected cases of influenza.

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Re: 1st confirmed death from A/H1N1 in Argentina

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First death in the country for Influenza

Influenza A: The baby that died would have been infected in Posadas
He said the aunt of the baby of three months died yesterday at the Posadas: "In the same room where he was interned, he had an infected child."

The aunt of the baby in three months he became the first victim of the fatal influenza A, said that her niece is infected the virus in the hospital. " Women also commented that "in the same room where the baby was placed there was a boy of twelve years with the disease."

Yesterday, Minister of Health of the Nation, Graciela Oca?a, confirmed the death of the baby and added that the last time 89 new cases were added to a total of 733 affected by the H1N1 virus.

The table would have been lower after returning from a trip abroad and his health deteriorated, suffering a pulmonary edema, which ended up causing his death. The baby, which was born prematurely on June 2 admitted to the pediatric ward of the hospital and history of bronchial Posadas.

"The patient had already been placed with pulmonary complications of its own state and evolution of the smallest disadvantage, until last Sunday 7 required ventilatory support," he said.

In addition, Oca?a confirmed that there are "four" patients "who are serious," placed in intensive care, three of which are with mechanical ventilation. "These are young people including a child between 20 and 50 years of age," he said.

For its part, the director of Epidemiology, Juan Carlos Bossio, commented: "It is a tragic story for everyone, but more for his family," referring to the first death in the country as a result of having contracted the flu virus A .

"We had already mentioned that pregnant women, infants, elderly, people with obesity, diabetes or respiratory problems could suffer complications," explained. Also, the specialist said: "The people understand that the table can be mild or worse."

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Source: http://www.telam.com.ar/vernota.php?...&idnota=297645

Out that the baby who died from influenza A has been infected in hospital


"The sample tested was taken to the beginning of internment," said Deputy Minister of Health in response to statements by the parents of the second victim of H1N1 influenza in the country. After the reunion committee of experts, Carlos Soratti said that "the greatest interest in the metropolitan area is to strengthen the health services."

The Deputy Minister of Health of the Nation, Carlos Soratti, denied today that the baby who died yesterday, hit by influenza A Posadas Hospital in the town of Buenos Aires Haedo has been infected by the disease during hospitalization.

"There was no infection in the hospital Posadas because the sample was taken to the beginning of internment," said Soratti Telam, responding to statements made by television, the parents of the drink.

The deputy minister said that they understand "the parents of the baby in his pain" and "speculate on the causes of the origin of the disease," but he can not understand the outrage committed "those who spread such information.

Soratti explained that "we know that influenza itself can have a favorable outcome in the vast majority of cases, a small percentage require hospitalization, and that small percentage is associated with risk factors for disease prior.

And in this regard that: "Some hospitals may have poor evolution: that is the epidemiology of influenza in general."

Serious cases "are more severe because of its basic processes that complicate and give them a higher risk, as the baby born prematurely also have much time to hospitalization for complications of prematurity," the official said.

Telam Soratti spoke with at the end of the meeting held with the expert committee, comprising professionals from different specialties and institutions of the City of Buenos Aires and the Province of Buenos Aires.

"We discuss what to do with a very special period of transition, this outbreak of acute respiratory diseases, with an epidemiological difference between what happens in the metropolitan area with the rest of the country," he described.

"There are areas where there are clearly viral circulation and other areas where there are isolated cases, with differences in transmissibility of the virus, we began to be very high in the educational community and from people entering the country with circulation of the north."

Finally continued Soratti-transmission occurs outside of the areas that were monitored over many weeks and were able to defer any increase in transmission. "

For that reason, "the item with the largest stake in the metropolitan area is to strengthen the capacity of health services for better patient care," he said.

While the rest of the country "still betting on shares of the epidemiological surveillance and case control and transmission, while working on the adequacy of services," the official said.

Soratti said that health workers are asking for is a major effort to adapt to this new situation, but is a human resource that has the experience of severe acute respiratory infection every winter. "

However, now we have a strong recommendation to use all protective measures to prevent transmission not only of the Influenza A virus, but by all. "

"The threat to personal health is the transmission from the patient, and then between the personal health, but taking all the care provided by the rules, can be avoided," said Soratti.

"Obviously this is a continuum in which there is variation and change from one week to another. We are traveling a path that other countries have come and we have managed to delay the transmission by Community in our country during the containment phase six weeks," he said.