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Result of the first Arenavirus study will be known in 4 days
According to the Executive, of five cases with this illness, three lost their lives, one is hospitalized and the other was discharged.
SOCIETY
Friday, July 12, 2019 ? 00:37
Siete / La Paz Page
The result of the first examination to identify the type of Arenavirus that claimed the lives of three people will be sent in three or four days. The test is performed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta (USA).
In the case of the exams made to the doctors Gustavo Vidales and Marco Ortiz, the results will be sent in the next 10 or 12 days. "There is pressure on the Atlanta CDC, there is still a lapse of time to isolate the type of virus. We can not accelerate, they are laboratory processes that take time, "said Monta?o.
According to data from the Ministry of Health, of five cases registered as Arenavirus, three lost their lives (a farmer of 65 years, an internal doctor and a gastroenterologist), one is still in intensive care and one was discharged.
According to the Health report, the zero patient, Macario Gironde, started with the first symptoms of the virus on April 29. He was then admitted on May 7 and finally died on the 12th of that month in the town of Caranavi.
According to the authorities, the patient who was discharged "came out as dengue positive". "Then, it is treated as a dengue with complications. Enter intensive therapy. He recovers and leaves high, "said Monta?o.
The specialist of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) Joao Toledo assured that "the outbreaks in Bolivia are few". "We know that in the 50s or 60s there was an outbreak with more than 100 deaths, but they were like 500 people who were affected," he said.
The Ministry of Health also reported that they developed protocols and contact definitions for Arenavirosis. He indicated that they also carried out an investigation since the outbreak of the first case, or the so-called zero patient, in Caranavi.
According to the authority, at present, the teams of experts continue with the research work in Guanay and Caranavi. He also indicated that they are still looking for the transmitter vector of the Arenavirus.
On Wednesday, at 8:15, the doctor Gustavo Vidales died in the intensive care room of the Obrero Hospital due to Arenavirus. He was one of the two professionals who attended the internal doctor Ximena Cuellar, who died of this illness after attending a patient who also followed the same fate in the municipality of Caranavi. According to the medical report, the cause of his death was multiple organ dysfunction, which is linked to infection with Arenavirus.
The works in Guanay and Caranavi
From putting traps to enter the mountain are some of the tasks that two teams of specialists perform to catch the mouse of the family of Calomys, transmitter of Arenavirus that claimed the lives of three people. This work has been developed for more than a week, but to date the vector has not been found.
The groups of experts have as their first task: to identify if the rodent of the genus Calomys is found in Caranavi and nearby areas. As a second mission, if the vector is detected, it must be verified if this rodent is infected by the virus.
https://www.paginasiete.bo/sociedad...l-arenavirus-se-conocera-en-dias-223962.html#!
Result of the first Arenavirus study will be known in 4 days
According to the Executive, of five cases with this illness, three lost their lives, one is hospitalized and the other was discharged.
SOCIETY
Friday, July 12, 2019 ? 00:37
Siete / La Paz Page
The result of the first examination to identify the type of Arenavirus that claimed the lives of three people will be sent in three or four days. The test is performed by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta (USA).
In the case of the exams made to the doctors Gustavo Vidales and Marco Ortiz, the results will be sent in the next 10 or 12 days. "There is pressure on the Atlanta CDC, there is still a lapse of time to isolate the type of virus. We can not accelerate, they are laboratory processes that take time, "said Monta?o.
According to data from the Ministry of Health, of five cases registered as Arenavirus, three lost their lives (a farmer of 65 years, an internal doctor and a gastroenterologist), one is still in intensive care and one was discharged.
According to the Health report, the zero patient, Macario Gironde, started with the first symptoms of the virus on April 29. He was then admitted on May 7 and finally died on the 12th of that month in the town of Caranavi.
According to the authorities, the patient who was discharged "came out as dengue positive". "Then, it is treated as a dengue with complications. Enter intensive therapy. He recovers and leaves high, "said Monta?o.
The specialist of the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO) Joao Toledo assured that "the outbreaks in Bolivia are few". "We know that in the 50s or 60s there was an outbreak with more than 100 deaths, but they were like 500 people who were affected," he said.
The Ministry of Health also reported that they developed protocols and contact definitions for Arenavirosis. He indicated that they also carried out an investigation since the outbreak of the first case, or the so-called zero patient, in Caranavi.
According to the authority, at present, the teams of experts continue with the research work in Guanay and Caranavi. He also indicated that they are still looking for the transmitter vector of the Arenavirus.
On Wednesday, at 8:15, the doctor Gustavo Vidales died in the intensive care room of the Obrero Hospital due to Arenavirus. He was one of the two professionals who attended the internal doctor Ximena Cuellar, who died of this illness after attending a patient who also followed the same fate in the municipality of Caranavi. According to the medical report, the cause of his death was multiple organ dysfunction, which is linked to infection with Arenavirus.
The works in Guanay and Caranavi
From putting traps to enter the mountain are some of the tasks that two teams of specialists perform to catch the mouse of the family of Calomys, transmitter of Arenavirus that claimed the lives of three people. This work has been developed for more than a week, but to date the vector has not been found.
The groups of experts have as their first task: to identify if the rodent of the genus Calomys is found in Caranavi and nearby areas. As a second mission, if the vector is detected, it must be verified if this rodent is infected by the virus.
https://www.paginasiete.bo/sociedad...l-arenavirus-se-conocera-en-dias-223962.html#!
