Baja California: Casos

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Source: http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKTRE53N6BW20090424

Third possible swine flu outbreak in Mexico -- WHO
Fri Apr 24, 2009 9:35pm BST

GENEVA (Reuters) - Mexico has reported a third possible outbreak of swine flu in Mexicali, near the U.S. border, with four suspect cases and no deaths to date, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.

The WHO also said that the viruses in the outbreaks in Mexico and the United States had not been detected in pigs or humans before but were proving sensitive to Tamiflu. Known generically as oseltamivir, the pill by Swiss drugmaker Roche Holding can both treat flu and prevent infection.

"Because there are human cases associated with an animal influenza virus, and because of the geographical spread of multiple community outbreaks, plus the somewhat unusual age groups affected, these events are of high concern," the Geneva-based agency said in a statement.

(For the WHO statement go to: here

(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; Editing by Jonathan Lynn)

 

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Source: http://www.cnnexpansion.com/economia/2009/04/24/oms-alerta-posible-brote-en-mexicali

OMS alerta posible brote en Mexicali
La Organizaci?n Mundial de la Salud inform? sobre la posible presencia de influenza en esa regi?n; un virus de origen porcino fue descubierto esta semana en la capital mexicana.
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GINEBRA (Reuters) ? M?xico report? un posible tercer brote de influenza porcina, en este caso en Mexicali cerca de la frontera con Estados Unidos, con cuatro casos sospechosos pero sin muertos hasta ahora, dijo el viernes la Organizaci?n Mundial de la Salud (OMS).

La OMS agreg? que los virus en los brotes en M?xico y en Estados Unidos no hab?an sido detectados previamente en cerdos o en humanos, pero se ha probado que son sensibles al medicamento Tamiflu.

Conocido gen?ricamente como oseltamivir, la p?ldora del laboratorio farmac?utico suizo Roche Holding puede tanto combatir a la gripe como prevenir las infecciones.

"Debido a que hay casos humanos asociados con un virus de influenza animal y debido a la propagaci?n geogr?fica de brotes en m?ltiples comunidades, adem?s de la edad algo inusual de los grupos afectados, estos eventos generan una alta preocupaci?n", dijo la agencia con sede en Ginebra en un comunicado.

La Organizaci?n de las Naciones Unidas (ONU) emiti? un folleto informativo para que las personas conozcan m?s sobre este virus.

 

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Source: http://www.eluniversal.com.mx/notas/593819.html

Influenza Investigan muerte de menor en Tecate
La subdirectora de Comunicaci?n Social del gobierno del estado, Mar?a Luisa Clemente Jord?n, confirm? el deceso de la ni?a, sin embargo afirm? que ser? hasta este lunes cuando se tengan los resultados de la causa


Google translation:
Influenza Investigating Death of child in Tecate
The deputy director of Social Communication of the state government, Mar?a Luisa Clemente Jordan, confirmed the death of the girl, but said that until this Monday when the results are the cause

Julieta Martinez / Correspondent
El Universal
Tijuana, B.C. Sunday April 26 2009
17:43

A less than seven months of age died in the town of Tecate for a possible case of swine influenza.

Her parents are under observation in the Social Security hospital in this city located 50 miles east of Tijuana, which has an entrance booth United States.

The director of the Forensic Medical Service (Semefo), Francisco Acu?a Campa, reported a newspaper in Mexicali, which presented the small signs of flu, diarrhea and fever, so his remains were sent to Mexico City, where they are analyzed by specialists.

The deputy director of Social Communication of the state government, Mar?a Luisa Clemente Jordan, confirmed the death of the girl, but said that until this Monday when they take the results of the case.

He noted that health authorities in Baja California remain attentive to the evolution of the epidemic on affected entities, and until Sunday morning had not been alert decreed in the state because there are no confirmed cases.

On Saturday afternoon, the state secretary of health, Jos? Guadalupe Bustamante Moreno, said that to date the entity was free of the disease. Even denied that two deaths had been confirmed previously have been caused by swine influenza.

Cases of pneumonia were seasonal, the state official said.

Meanwhile, airport personnel and working with bus cubrebocas.

On Saturday, the Ministry of Health bajacaliforniana put information posters on the symptoms of swine influenza, recommendations for maintaining health, and urge people to report any discomfort related to the disease.

The early hours of Sunday remained in the normal flow booths into and out of the country, and U.S. news reporting on the situation on an ongoing basis.

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