Brazil-Department of Health confirmed an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Mangalore

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http://odia.ig.com.br/portal/rio/se...a-surto-de-hepatite-a-em-mangaratiba-1.438808
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Department of Health confirmed an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Mangalore

Rio - The State Department of Health (SES-RJ) confirmed on Wednesday the outbreak of hepatitis A in three districts of Mangalore, Ranchito, New Mangalore and Beach Bag. Technical Secretariat of Health Surveillance of the State Government on Wednesday participated in Mangalore, for surveillance and control of reservoirs of water for human consumption, as well as from alternative sources (fountains, wells and tank trucks).

The Department makes the monitoring of suspected cases, but still can not specify the number of confirmed cases. There is no notification of any serious cases of the disease. According to the superintendent and Environmental Surveillance, Alexandre Chieppe, there is no indication for vaccination against hepatitis A in the city of Mangalore, as advocated in the National Immunization Program and Technical Note issued by the Ministry of Health .

"Until there is a specific vaccine against the virus that causes hepatitis A. But this vaccine is only recommended in specific situations such as people with other diseases chronic liver or bone marrow transplant did. Considering the population most at risk of developing complications liver, there is no indication of mass vaccination against hepatitis A in the city of Mangalore or any of its locations. Recommended actions by SES are already being developed, including identification of possible sources of contamination and the adoption of measures to prevent use these sources for the population, "says Chieppe.

The guidance issued by the State Department of Health is that people avoid using water from three suspected sources: source of the Dolphin, next to the Hotel Mendoza and the Rio-Santos highway. Hepatitis A

 

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Re: Brazil-Department of Health confirmed an outbreak of Hepatitis A in Mangalore

http://noticias.r7.com/rio-de-janei...-mais-de-60-casos-de-hepatite-a-20120517.html
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Mangaratiba confirms more than 60 cases of hepatitis A
City passes outbreak, contaminated water analysis indicated

From R7 | 17/05/2012 at 18h58



The city of Mangalore in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, confirmed on Thursday (17) increased from 41 to 63 cases of confirmed hepatitis A in the city. The municipality is still awaiting the results of tests to 111 reports on the disease.

Earlier this week, FUNASA, National Health Foundation, announced that the analyzes of water sources in Mangalore indicated that 11 of 13 samples were unfit for consumption due to the presence of fecal coliforms.

Also according to Funasa, the incidence of hepatitis A are concentrated in the central city, where around 40% of the population share that is not answered by Cedae (State Company for Water and Sewage). According to the Foundation, this indicates that "water supplied by Cedae presents good conditions for consumption."

Despite the increase in the number of cases of the disease, the city believes that the outbreak has been weakened since ten notifications for hepatitis were discarded and seven of the cases analyzed proved that people had been infected previously.

The mayor also reported that the distribution of sodium hypochlorite, a substance that helps to purify the water, was made on Thursday in Morro do Cristo by officers of Environmental Monitoring. The community of New Mangalore was satisfied with the distribution of water.

On Friday (18), municipal officials will begin interviewing people who contracted the virus. The goal in the questionnaire with 57 questions, is to identify how the virus reached the city. The form was developed by professionals of the Secretariat of Health, the Ministry of Health and State Health Secretariat.