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China - 1st locally acquired dengue fever case in 5 years in Zhuhai - Guangdong province

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Zhuhai discovered the first case of locally contracted dengue fever cases in the past five years
August 27, 2012 15:10:59
Source: Xinhua

Xinhua, Zhuhai, August 27 (Reporter Wei Meng) Zhuhai Municipal Health Bureau officials confirmed 27, August 25, Zhuhai, a 76-year-old woman has been diagnosed with dengue cases. Zhuhai dengue epidemic since its discovery in 2007, first discovered in the past five years, local infections.

August 16, patients in recent years have not left the Zhuhai go out, there has been no obvious incentive to treat fever, and the maximum temperature reached 39.5 ° C, accompanied by urinary frequency, urgency, general weakness, blurred consciousness symptoms, was sent to the People's Hospital of Zhuhai City. The doctor checked on her and found her persistent fever associated with neutropenia and thrombocytopenia symptoms and clinical manifestations of suspected dengue fever. Thus, sampling submission to her on the 24th and the 25th, respectively.

Issued on August 24 by the Zhuhai Municipal Center for Disease Control laboratory test results showed that the patients with dengue IgM positive, and on the 25th test results showed positive PCR nucleic acid. According to clinical manifestations, laboratory test results and epidemiological investigation, determination of locally contracted dengue fever confirmed cases.

Currently, patients still have fever, fatigue symptoms, but with stable vital signs, significant improvement in the condition of consciousness. Although Zhuhai has not yet found a new or suspected cases the Zhuhai Municipal Health Bureau still start on the 25th of contingency plans to carry out the work of epidemic prevention and control, and specify the Zhuhai Municipal People's Hospital for dengue fever admitted to the hospital.

To avoid the spread of the epidemic, the Zhuhai Municipal CDC of cases around the residence of a radius of 100 meters within Xiaosha emergency monitoring for BI index (BI index reflects the dengue fever risk indicator for the security line, 5, 20 or more alert line), while nearby medical institutions in the affected areas to carry out the cases search case search and community, and on the epidemic around a radius of 400 meters within the implementation of the adult mosquito killing and breeding ground clearance. In the evening of 26, the relevant departments have completed the epidemic around the radius of 500 m area the assault Xiaosha and health.

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