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Chile: increased cases of respiratory syncytial virus

Shiloh

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Source: http://www.timesoftheinternet.com/espanol/45444.html

Google translation:
Chile are increased cases of respiratory syncytial virus

SANTIAGO, Chile, June 23 --

A progressive increase in outpatient visits for respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is recorded these days in Chile.

In fact, today highlights the daily El Mercurio, the disease would have equated to those of human influenza virus (AH1N1) during the last week.

Thus, the virologist of the Laboratory of Molecular Virology and Infectious Diseases at the Catholic University of Chile, Cecilia Perret, said that "16% of all outpatient consultations are due to human influenza and the same percentage is given with syncytial virus .

For its part, in statements published by the same morning, the undersecretary of Healthcare Networks of the Ministry of Health, Julio Montt, she explained that although both viruses are now attacking in Chile do so on different populations. "In children under 5 years are the most syncytial virus, whereas the largest is the human influenza virus that attacks by 90%," he said.

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Re: Chile: increased cases of respiratory syncytial virus

Well, it is RSV season there, correct?
 
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