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http://www.lacapital.com.ar/la-regi...us-en-el-norte-de-Santa-Fe-20111112-0042.html
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Confirmed a severe case of hantavirus in northern Santa Fe
It is a rural worker who is 20 years admitted with poor prognosis in Recoquista Regional Hospital, about 500 miles north of Rosario. According to health authorities, have contracted in the town of enferdad Tacuarend?.
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A rural worker of 20 years, suffering from hantavirus, was hospitalized in serious condition at the Regional Hospital in the city of Reconquista, medical sources said.
The director of Promotion and Prevention of Health, Ministry of Health in Santa Fe, Andrea Uboldi, recorded that "the patient is admitted to the intensive care ward" of that hospital.
The young live in the Santa Lucia Reconquista and "contracted enfermadad working in the nearby town of Tacuarend?" she said. Uboldi said the boy "is in critical condition, because the virus has caused him, among other conditions, lung and kidney problems, so he is practicing dialysis and is on life support. "
Before this case, the Ministry of Health launched "focus control efforts," said Uboldi adding that "preventive work is carried out in schools in the district where the patient lives and in the area where he contracted the virus."
The official recalled that "in Argentina there are certain areas that we know exists the possibility of infection, such as northern Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Salta, neighboring countries, and is a virus related to hemorrhagic fever and presents a febrile illness with pulmonary complications, "he said
Uboldi said that "a case is not alert and is given by contact with rodents and is facilitated by heat, burning grassland area of islands" and noted that "50 percent cases is fatal. "
The official said that "in the province are recorded cases since the early 90s, and so far this year three confirmed cases and no deaths so far."
Uboldi recommended "prevent rodents from approaching the houses, weeding the houses within a radius of 30 meters, cover holes in the home where they may enter, ventilate and disinfect the water and bleach environments, wear boots and gloves and leave no surplus pet food in their containers.
Spanish to English translation
Confirmed a severe case of hantavirus in northern Santa Fe
It is a rural worker who is 20 years admitted with poor prognosis in Recoquista Regional Hospital, about 500 miles north of Rosario. According to health authorities, have contracted in the town of enferdad Tacuarend?.
assess
A rural worker of 20 years, suffering from hantavirus, was hospitalized in serious condition at the Regional Hospital in the city of Reconquista, medical sources said.
The director of Promotion and Prevention of Health, Ministry of Health in Santa Fe, Andrea Uboldi, recorded that "the patient is admitted to the intensive care ward" of that hospital.
The young live in the Santa Lucia Reconquista and "contracted enfermadad working in the nearby town of Tacuarend?" she said. Uboldi said the boy "is in critical condition, because the virus has caused him, among other conditions, lung and kidney problems, so he is practicing dialysis and is on life support. "
Before this case, the Ministry of Health launched "focus control efforts," said Uboldi adding that "preventive work is carried out in schools in the district where the patient lives and in the area where he contracted the virus."
The official recalled that "in Argentina there are certain areas that we know exists the possibility of infection, such as northern Buenos Aires, Santa Fe, Entre Rios, Salta, neighboring countries, and is a virus related to hemorrhagic fever and presents a febrile illness with pulmonary complications, "he said
Uboldi said that "a case is not alert and is given by contact with rodents and is facilitated by heat, burning grassland area of islands" and noted that "50 percent cases is fatal. "
The official said that "in the province are recorded cases since the early 90s, and so far this year three confirmed cases and no deaths so far."
Uboldi recommended "prevent rodents from approaching the houses, weeding the houses within a radius of 30 meters, cover holes in the home where they may enter, ventilate and disinfect the water and bleach environments, wear boots and gloves and leave no surplus pet food in their containers.