Tonka
Well-known member
Re: Chile: Hantavirus 2012
http://www.cooperativa.cl/isp-confi...el-biobio/prontus_nots/2012-05-15/002829.html
Spanish-English translation
ISP new confirmed case of hantavirus in the B?o B?o Region
This is a 58 year old man who died Sunday in Concepcion.
16 cases are already in the region of the virus.
Cooperativa.cl
The Public Health Institute (ISP) confirmed a new case of hantavirus in a 58 year old man who died Sunday at the Guillermo Grant Benavente Hospital in Concepcion.
This is a patient from Coihueco commune in the province of ?uble and referred to the Hospital of Concepci?n on 11 May due to the severity of your condition and the possible site of infection was under Bureo Sector in Coihueco commune, near his home, where he made the risky activity across a forest.
The rapid test that was performed at the hospital tested positive for the virus, according to the Health SEREMI Boris Oportus, which was confirmed by the ISP.
With this and there are 16 confirmed cases in the Region of Santiago, six of them with fatal outcome, although there are fewer deaths than in 2010, the same date, with a fatality rate that reached 60 percent.
http://www.cooperativa.cl/isp-confi...el-biobio/prontus_nots/2012-05-15/002829.html
Spanish-English translation
ISP new confirmed case of hantavirus in the B?o B?o Region
This is a 58 year old man who died Sunday in Concepcion.
16 cases are already in the region of the virus.
Cooperativa.cl
The Public Health Institute (ISP) confirmed a new case of hantavirus in a 58 year old man who died Sunday at the Guillermo Grant Benavente Hospital in Concepcion.
This is a patient from Coihueco commune in the province of ?uble and referred to the Hospital of Concepci?n on 11 May due to the severity of your condition and the possible site of infection was under Bureo Sector in Coihueco commune, near his home, where he made the risky activity across a forest.
The rapid test that was performed at the hospital tested positive for the virus, according to the Health SEREMI Boris Oportus, which was confirmed by the ISP.
With this and there are 16 confirmed cases in the Region of Santiago, six of them with fatal outcome, although there are fewer deaths than in 2010, the same date, with a fatality rate that reached 60 percent.