Imported from Brazil
SEDES confirmed the first case of Zika in Bolivia
A 58 year old woman contracted the virus in the Brazilian state of Matto Grosso.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
The Departmental Health Service (SEDES) of Santa Cruz confirmed Wednesday the first positive case of Zika virus, a milder variant of dengue, which however is potentially dangerous in pregnant women because of the risk that the baby will suffer microcephaly. This is a woman of 58 years who spent several days in the Brazilian city of Cuiaba. Therefore it is an imported case.
SEDES director Joaquin Monasterio said that already made the respective lock focus on the family and the neighborhood to prevent contagion. It has also eliminated larvae and breeding of Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the disease. "Santa Cruz was presented with this common symptom is headache, fever, joint pain and blotchy skin. He auditioned in CENETROP and tested positive "to it It gathered the responsible Headquarters.
Monasterio expressed concern because the rainy season are ripe for that proliferate the mosquito therefore called on the population to take all preventive measures such as eliminating mosquito breeding grounds, preventing bites by using repellent on your skin, placing bed nets .
SEDES confirmed the first case of Zika in Bolivia
A 58 year old woman contracted the virus in the Brazilian state of Matto Grosso.
Wednesday, January 6, 2016
The Departmental Health Service (SEDES) of Santa Cruz confirmed Wednesday the first positive case of Zika virus, a milder variant of dengue, which however is potentially dangerous in pregnant women because of the risk that the baby will suffer microcephaly. This is a woman of 58 years who spent several days in the Brazilian city of Cuiaba. Therefore it is an imported case.
SEDES director Joaquin Monasterio said that already made the respective lock focus on the family and the neighborhood to prevent contagion. It has also eliminated larvae and breeding of Aedes aegypti mosquito, which transmits the disease. "Santa Cruz was presented with this common symptom is headache, fever, joint pain and blotchy skin. He auditioned in CENETROP and tested positive "to it It gathered the responsible Headquarters.
Monasterio expressed concern because the rainy season are ripe for that proliferate the mosquito therefore called on the population to take all preventive measures such as eliminating mosquito breeding grounds, preventing bites by using repellent on your skin, placing bed nets .
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