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Spanish to English translation
03/09/2011 -
Concerned about a possible flu outbreak in northern Argentina
A baby died in Tucum?n after suffering flu symptoms compatible with influenza A, while in Salta Epidemiology authorities confirmed that two cases, isolates of influenza A in an adult and a child.
In the case of Tucum?n child, authorities of the Child Jesus Hospital said it was a one-month baby died Thursday from respiratory failure and multiple organ failure.
The hospital's director, Oscar Hilal, told local radio that " on crops that were the patient has influenza A positive "so he asked another lab to confirm if it was a case of H1N1.
The child, according to Hilal, had "been derived from hospital Conception" and entered the Child Jesus "on Wednesday in critical condition with severe respiratory insufficiency."
"He died of respiratory failure and multiple organ failure," said the chief doctor and noted that "because of his age, is a high risk patient", so asked parents to comply with vaccination.
The director of the Epidemiology of Tucum?n, Rogelio Calli, noted that the province is "the epidemiological surveillance system, as during the winter there are large climatic changes can cause these diseases."
Calli said that to prevent the spread of the flu should "maintain general personal hygiene and washing hands frequently, avoid touching your mouth, nose or eyes, indoor air, among others." Health Minister Paul Yedlin, said that "there were outbreaks of influenza A but not influenza pandemic" of years ago.
"There were some cases but common. It's about surveillance and the vaccination. 85 percent the population at risk have been vaccinated, "he said.
In Salta, meanwhile, head for the Coordination of Epidemiology, Albert Gentile, confirmed that two cases were detected in an adult and a baby of four months and that "none of the patients had the vaccine because they do not share. "
Affected Salta, as confirmed by laboratories at the National University of Salta, was a 30-year-old recovers at his home in the town of San Carlos, while the baby was admitted to Mother and Child Hospital. Gentile said that "the time of flu is not over, so we continue using the preventive measures that are helping us to reduce infections."
"Frequent hand washing is critical to protect themselves as is the isolation of people with symptoms, "he said in a conversation with the newspaper The Tribune.
In the past two months, reported the deaths of at least five people who had contracted influenza A in Mendoza, San Juan and Neuquen.
Spanish to English translation
03/09/2011 -
Concerned about a possible flu outbreak in northern Argentina
A baby died in Tucum?n after suffering flu symptoms compatible with influenza A, while in Salta Epidemiology authorities confirmed that two cases, isolates of influenza A in an adult and a child.
In the case of Tucum?n child, authorities of the Child Jesus Hospital said it was a one-month baby died Thursday from respiratory failure and multiple organ failure.
The hospital's director, Oscar Hilal, told local radio that " on crops that were the patient has influenza A positive "so he asked another lab to confirm if it was a case of H1N1.
The child, according to Hilal, had "been derived from hospital Conception" and entered the Child Jesus "on Wednesday in critical condition with severe respiratory insufficiency."
"He died of respiratory failure and multiple organ failure," said the chief doctor and noted that "because of his age, is a high risk patient", so asked parents to comply with vaccination.
The director of the Epidemiology of Tucum?n, Rogelio Calli, noted that the province is "the epidemiological surveillance system, as during the winter there are large climatic changes can cause these diseases."
Calli said that to prevent the spread of the flu should "maintain general personal hygiene and washing hands frequently, avoid touching your mouth, nose or eyes, indoor air, among others." Health Minister Paul Yedlin, said that "there were outbreaks of influenza A but not influenza pandemic" of years ago.
"There were some cases but common. It's about surveillance and the vaccination. 85 percent the population at risk have been vaccinated, "he said.
In Salta, meanwhile, head for the Coordination of Epidemiology, Albert Gentile, confirmed that two cases were detected in an adult and a baby of four months and that "none of the patients had the vaccine because they do not share. "
Affected Salta, as confirmed by laboratories at the National University of Salta, was a 30-year-old recovers at his home in the town of San Carlos, while the baby was admitted to Mother and Child Hospital. Gentile said that "the time of flu is not over, so we continue using the preventive measures that are helping us to reduce infections."
"Frequent hand washing is critical to protect themselves as is the isolation of people with symptoms, "he said in a conversation with the newspaper The Tribune.
In the past two months, reported the deaths of at least five people who had contracted influenza A in Mendoza, San Juan and Neuquen.
