Re: Chelybinsk: Tajik man displays symptoms of polio - likely confirmed
Re: Chelybinsk: Tajik man displays symptoms of polio - likely confirmed
I believe the 15-year-old confirmed case here is the same case; it has now been confirmed and is likely not a different strain as all the cases in Russia and tajikistan are the same strain so far.
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The outburst of "wild" virus can not stop
9 июня 2010 June 9, 2010
The situation of poliomyelitis in Tajikistan and the Russian Federation continues to deteriorate. Currently, according to the European Regional Bureau of the World Health Organization (WHO), the Republic of Tajikistan reported 564 cases of acute poliomyelitis, including 15 fatal. Today in Russia have been registered six cases of this dangerous disease and a fatal outcome for citizens of Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, who arrived in our country this year. Two of them - in the Southern Urals.
Official information about the presence of foci of "wild virus" in the territory of Uzbekistan unavailable. But yesterday the head of the press service of Rospotrebnadzor of Sverdlovsk region Love Voropayev said that the man who died a few days ago, in the Sverdlovsk region, laboratory studies conducted in Moscow, confirmed the diagnosis of poliomyelitis. Earlier on the alleged death from polio men, who arrived in Yekaterinburg from Uzbekistan, said Deputy Minister of Health of Sverdlovsk region Dilara Medvedskaya.
How does the deceased man has arrived in Russia, not confirmed. According to the results of laboratory studies of material from patients with polio, which is conducted at the State University Institute of Poliomyelitis and Viral Encephalitis of them. MPChumakov "RAMS, confirmed the existence of the Tajik wild poliovirus in 183 cases. Of the confirmed cases, most are children from one year to five years, and only one in ten of the cases - over 15 years. According to the Federal Service of Russia, cases occur predominantly in Dushanbe, districts of republican subordination and the Khatlon region.
The threat of the disease and hangs over the Southern Urals. The presence of poliovirus in the region was confirmed by laboratory studies of two citizens of Tajikistan. One of them on
May 27 left the territory of the region. According to the deputy chief medical officer of the
Chelyabinsk region Svetlana Luchinina, it was a 15-year-old boy. "We tried to persuade him to stay, getting completely healthy, but relatives took the child home, - says Svetlana. -
The second case - the child is eight years old is being treated at a hospital Magnitogorsk. All the necessary measures to prevent the spread of poliovirus in the city taken.
It remains to be a small Tajik citizen only carry the infection or virus does its dirty work and provoke the development of acute poliomyelitis in children. However, doctors are doing everything possible to prevent this. Due to the increased risk of the disease, according to Svetlana Luchinina in regional Rospotrebnadzor being developed orders of universal vaccination of all citizens of Tajikistan, located in the region. "Vaccination is the only reliable way to protect against polio - she says. - Therefore an urgent need anyone who has not vaccinated her place.
According to the Federal Migration Service of the Chelyabinsk region in the region is now officially home to more than 5400 citizens of Tajikistan, as "illegals" collected a few times more - about 20 000. Only last month, various modes of transport in the Chelyabinsk region 4600 arrived migrants from Tajikistan, among them 66 children. At the crossing points across the state border of the Russian Federation, all the children arrived singly vaccinated against polio and transferred to the medical and prophylactic institutions for further surveillance and vaccination. In addition, vaccination of 60 children living on the territory of the Chelyabinsk region illegally. Total of 156 polio-vaccinated children, the citizens of Tajikistan, said regional administration Rospotrebnadzor. Activities to identify and vaccination of migrants from Tajikistan, illegally residing in the region, carried out in close contact with the bodies of internal affairs, immigration service and health agencies.
Experts warn that the infection most often occurs when the virus enters the body through dirty hands, water and food. Extremely rare transmission airborne dust and air routes. The cause of severe disease can hide in the vegetables, herbs, nuts, dried fruit and milk, but when boiled and high temperatures, ultraviolet radiation and disinfectant agent dies. Strict hygiene measures will help protect against the risk of yuzhnouraltsev ill. Therefore, hand washing after streets, washing fruits, vegetables, boil water and milk, as well as the cleanliness of premises, especially sanitary facilities, must be more than ever necessary.
Polio virus is especially dangerous not only for health but for the life of persons who have no immunity to this infection: not vaccinated and had not suffered polio. Paralysis that caused by a virus, despite treatment, are irreversible and remain with a man for life - a "dry" feet, disability, and in severe forms of the disease may occur even death.
The alert physicians is the fact that, despite all their warnings and risk of disease, in the Chelyabinsk region remain unvaccinated against polio more than 1700 children aged one to 15 years. In most cases the cause is parental arrogance and rejection of vaccination, which can cost the life of a child. Vaccination is carried out in accordance with the National Calendar vaccination of the Russian Federation in the hospitals where they live. Children begin to teach with three children. In order to develop strong immunity, requires three vaccinations at intervals of six months and three vaccinations: at the age of 18, 20 months and 14 years. Immunity develops persistent and life. Vaccinations are free for all children, stress experts.
