​French Polynesia - Death in Papeete: an infectious cause but not Ebola

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No Ebola yesterday in Papeete

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 09:27 | Read 3315 times
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Health. Doubt was finally lifted. The man could not infected by this disease.

Last Monday evening, a rumor has panicked the fenua. An Ebola case have been detected in Tahiti.

A military Polynesian thirty years having stayed in Africa died of internal bleeding in his home in the commerce district. Min Chiu company's officers, initially refused to touch him, suspecting Ebola. A sealed coffin was expected to deposit the body.

Suspected Ebola was finally lifted. The man had stayed in the Central Africa, unaffected by the disease, and he had spent three weeks in France before returning to the fenua. He could not be infected by this disease, the incubation period of Ebola is very short.


http://www.tntv.pf/Suspicion-d-Ebola-hier-a-Papeete_a5201.html
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Death in the commerce district: an infectious cause but not Ebola

H?l?ne Harte
Published the 24.03.2015 | 3:22 p.m.

A soldier returning from a mission in central African Republic was found dead by his family in the commerce district of Papeete. It would not be a case of Ebola according to the Health Department, but an autopsy has been ordered to find the cause of death probably infectious.

A 31 year old man was found dead at home by his family yesterday at noon in the commerce district. It is a military back in Tahiti March 7, 2015, on leave after spending two months in Central African Republic.

The liberal physician, called to the residence by the center 15 (SANIU) has made the death certificate around l2 hours 30. In view of the concept of time in Africa, in consultation with the UAS, it has not been granted certificate of non-contagiousness and forensic obstacle to burial was done with demand of autopsy. The Health Surveillance Office of Health Directorate, contacted at 1:50 p.m. by the Center controller 15, requested that the body not be handled or taken away. The investigation conducted with the assistance of the Medical Service of the armed and defense and civil protection management confirms with certainty the absence of stay of the person in the countries currently in Ebola outbreak (Guinea, Sierra Leone , Liberia). This confirmation was obtained at l7 hours after information taken from the military authorities in France. Thus, with reference to accepted definitions to date by national and international health authorities, the death can not be considered suspicious of Ebola virus infection. However, an infectious cause of death seems probable according to the clinical presentation, maybe of imported origin. Under these conditions, it was decided to treat the body as potentially infectious and care at the residence was carried out in a sealed coffin.

The body was taken at the morgue service of CHPF. An autopsy should be performed to determine the exact cause of death.

Source: press release from the Directorate of Health
Tahiti - French Polynesia - News

http://polynesie.la1ere.fr/2015/03/...-cause-infectieuse-mais-pas-ebola-241545.html

 

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Death of a soldier: "This is not a suspected case of Ebola"
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According to preliminary findings made on the spot, his high fever could be due to an infection. The doctors decided to "treat the body as potentially infectious and home care in a sealed coffin."

For Dr. Mallet "hypothesis number 1" is that malaria is concerned. "This is the most common disease in Africa. We had already experienced a military Polynesian who returned with malaria (see below), "said Dr Mallet. "Malaria can kill if not treated in time. "He adds:" This patient had signs of illness the previous days of his death. These signs suggestive of infection with a microbe or virus. There is a risk of infectious disease that can be transmitted. ?

The health authorities have taken precautions by listing all the people who were in contact with the young soldier since his return to Tahiti. But other disease hypotheses are not excluded as leptospirosis or other fevers that the military could bring from Africa. The body, which was taken to the morgue of service CHPF must be autopsied Wednesday morning to determine the precise causes of death of the soldier.

Malaria can not be transmitted in Polynesia

Malaria is caused by parasites transmitted by mosquitoes, is a global scourge that affects nearly 200 million people each year and kills about half a million people, mostly children in Africa, according to estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO).

Malaria is primarily transmitted from human to human through the bite of a mosquito, Anopheles female. This type of mosquito does not exist in Polynesia. There is no risk of malaria transmission.

There is no vaccine against malaria. But drugs can be taken to protect by people who go to a country where malaria is present.

"All military follow antimalarial treatment"

The causes of the military death are still unknown. But Dr. Henri-Pierre Mallet, head of the Health Surveillance Office, believes that "the number one hypothesis is malaria." If that were the case, it would not be the first case of a military Polynesian death from this disease. On November 5, Tahitian soldier Moana Heiarii, 26, a native of Huahine, died in Paris of a severe form of malaria. Master Corporal Moana Heiari had been repatriated few hours earlier from Bangui (CentralAfrica). "All military follow a compulsory daily treatment for malaria when in an area affected by the disease," explained then the Comsup. "However, the kind contracted by the young man being rare and particularly active, current treatments have failed to save him. ?

Question to Xavier Malatre, project manager with the Health Director
When does someone suspected to have contracted Ebola?

"First, it is necessary that the person was exposed to a risk. To be at risk, it must be in one of three countries at risk (Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia). It should also have a fever. This must take place within maximum 21 days after the passage in one of these countries. It is in this case that we declare a suspect case.
Then we ask that person or his environment to know whether she has had contact with someone who has had the disease. If this is the case, at the time, becomes a possible case. Only a blood test finally will tell if this is a case. ?

Written by Melanie Thomas Tuesday, March 24, 2015 at 17:16

http://www.tahiti-infos.com/Deces-d-un-militaire-Ce-n-est-pas-un-cas-suspect-d-Ebola_a123966.html