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http://www.lacapital.com.ar/la-regi...s-A-en-Totoras-y-El-Trebol-20120528-0063.html
Spanish-English translation
One dead and three people infected with hepatitis A in Totoras and Clover
The patient who died was an adult who had traveled to Bolivia and "had a family link with the other cases," said director of Protection and Health Prevention, Andrea Uboldi.
Those infected are an adult, a teenager and a child.
A patient who had contracted hepatitis A was killed and three people are affected by the disease in the localities of El Trebol and Santafesinas Totoras, so authorities are investigating the chain of infection and vaccination advised those who are related to the patients.
The Ministry of Health in Santa Fe reported that three cases were detected in a child, a teenager and an adult residing in the Clover, and the remaining Totoras.
The patient who died was an adult who had traveled to Bolivia and "had a family link with the other cases," said director of Protection and Health Prevention, Andrea Uboldi. In response, the official explained that "it was decided that Epidemiology staff from going to the localities to carry out investigations."
Uboldi noted that epidemiology staff attended this population to carry out the necessary investigation and recommended that those close to patients, "the implementation of hepatitis A vaccine as a preventive measure."
That advice includes "all family members and close contacts that license certified by the existence of 1 dose" of vaccination in their medical history, he said. He indicated that upon detection of the four cases were alerted "to the team of Health public and private health for early diagnosis of these conditions and inform the school authorities."
Hepatitis A is a liver infection caused by HAV virus that occurs sporadically and in epidemics worldwide.
This virus is usually spread among humans when an uninfected person or unvaccinated ingests food or drink contaminated with fecal matter from an infected by the virus or by close contact with a patient.
Health body warned that the blood can also be infectious and the incubation period of disease range from 15 to 45 days with symptoms similar to influenza.
While not all people infected will have all symptoms, severity and mortality risk increases with age, said the ministry, reported that although most people recover without complications
Spanish-English translation
One dead and three people infected with hepatitis A in Totoras and Clover
The patient who died was an adult who had traveled to Bolivia and "had a family link with the other cases," said director of Protection and Health Prevention, Andrea Uboldi.
Those infected are an adult, a teenager and a child.
A patient who had contracted hepatitis A was killed and three people are affected by the disease in the localities of El Trebol and Santafesinas Totoras, so authorities are investigating the chain of infection and vaccination advised those who are related to the patients.
The Ministry of Health in Santa Fe reported that three cases were detected in a child, a teenager and an adult residing in the Clover, and the remaining Totoras.
The patient who died was an adult who had traveled to Bolivia and "had a family link with the other cases," said director of Protection and Health Prevention, Andrea Uboldi. In response, the official explained that "it was decided that Epidemiology staff from going to the localities to carry out investigations."
Uboldi noted that epidemiology staff attended this population to carry out the necessary investigation and recommended that those close to patients, "the implementation of hepatitis A vaccine as a preventive measure."
That advice includes "all family members and close contacts that license certified by the existence of 1 dose" of vaccination in their medical history, he said. He indicated that upon detection of the four cases were alerted "to the team of Health public and private health for early diagnosis of these conditions and inform the school authorities."
Hepatitis A is a liver infection caused by HAV virus that occurs sporadically and in epidemics worldwide.
This virus is usually spread among humans when an uninfected person or unvaccinated ingests food or drink contaminated with fecal matter from an infected by the virus or by close contact with a patient.
Health body warned that the blood can also be infectious and the incubation period of disease range from 15 to 45 days with symptoms similar to influenza.
While not all people infected will have all symptoms, severity and mortality risk increases with age, said the ministry, reported that although most people recover without complications