Costa Rica reports 61 cases of Chikungunya

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MINISTRY OF HEALTH CONFIRMS SECOND PATIENT IN STUDY

Neighbor Santa Ana is suspected case of chikungunya


BY PATRICIA RECIO / arecio@nacion.com - UPDATED ON JUNE 6, 2014 AT 12:00 AM


A man of 60, who receive care in the San Juan de Dios Hospital, yesterday became the second suspected case of chikungunya virus.

Roberto Castro, Surveillance Department of the Ministry of Health reported that it is a resident of Santa Ana de San José, who returned last week from Dominican Republic.

According to Castro, the lord presented with fever and joint pain, so he was transferred to the Red Cross hospital.

A possible case of virus originating from Asia, called chikungunya, its epidemiological link, for Dominican Republic is, at this time, one of the countries with the highest incidence of the disease on the continent was considered.

Besides this man, a three year-old from Brokers (Puntarenas), remains suspicious of having contracted the disease.

The warning was because the small also returning from Dominican Republic. He remains hospitalized at the Hospital of Ciudad Neily Brokers.

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Three year old boy being treated for suspected Chikungunya virus

BY ANGELA AVALOS R. / aavalos@nacion.com BY | FREDDY PARRALES - Updated on June 3, 2014 at: 4:13 pm

- Family spent several weeks visiting Dominican Republic, one of the Caribbean countries with the largest number of reported cases.

- Ministry of Health is sending blood samples to the CDC, in the United States, to confirm whether or not this is the virus.

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Health dismisses case of chikungunya in three year old

JUNE 6, 2014

The Health Ministry dismissed on Friday, a possible case of child chikungunya three years that remained admitted to the Hospital of Ciudad Neilly.

"You will be made evidence in the Gorgas Institute in Panama and already ruled today Costa Rica warned him of the result of the tests, it was thanks to the support of the Ministry of Health of Panama, through the program's border cooperation" said Roberto Castro, Bureau of Health Surveillance ministry.

According to the doctor, the child has given favorable conditions in recent days and the virus have been ruled out, it is likely to be discharged.

"The evolution of the child depends on the decision to be taken in the hospital, the child has been in very good health, the big question was whether he had the virus, and had not given out because fear had it was contaminated to some people, but since the negative result and you may be there to register. We have had extreme caution because we have the special cases that we have in Costa Rica, and simply not having held to make sure we have not the first imported case, "said the doctor.

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Not chikungunya, say Costa Rica health officials

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Two patients were discharged this week from local hospitals after the Health Ministry said lab tests for the chikungunya virus were negative.

The first patient, a 3-year-old boy, was admitted last Tuesday to Ciudad Neily Hospital in the southern Pacific region. Roberto Castro, director of the Health Ministry?s monitoring unit, said blood samples from the child tested negative for the virus.

Parents of the child, from the Dominican Republic and Panama, had visited the Caribbean island nation last May. The Dominican Republic is among countries with the most reported cases of chikungunya in the region, according to the Pan American Health Organization.

Tests from a second patient, a 60-year-old Costa Rican man, also were negative. He was admitted at the San Juan de Dios Hospital in the capital last Thursday.
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Distribution of Chikungunya virus in Central America

Published June 12, 2014

Author: Dr Jacques Morvan

June 05, 2014, the National Center for arboviruses / Institute of Biological Research of the Armed Forces (IRBA) in Marseille has confirmed a case of chikungunya in a person returning from Costa Rica (molecular biology).

The detection of this case demonstrates the circulation of the virus in this country who has not, to date, officially reported cases. This is also the first country in Central America where chikungunya virus circulation is identified.

The recent detection in continental America (Guyana, Costa Rica), but also in Puerto Rico, the nerve center of the Greater Antilles and trade with North America and the rest of the continent, increasing the risk of spreading the virus.

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Ministry of Health reports two probable cases of chikungunya fever

june 27 2014

The Ministry of Health reported two probable cases of chikungunya fever in the country: a 37-year-old from Paraiso, and a woman of 63, who lives in La Cuesta, south.

Blood samples from these individuals were sent to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC, for its acronym in English), in the U.S., for definitive evidence, reported this morning the Director of Health Surveillance the Ministry of Health, Mary Ethel Trejos.

The results of these tests would be in the coming weeks, he added.

In total, Trejos reported in recent weeks ten cases have been evaluated by epidemiological link: all are people who traveled to Dominican Republic, Caribbean country where the highest number of recorded cases of chikungunya.

Trejos said the remains active surveillance throughout the country , especially in entry-level positions, such as ports, airports and borders. Furthermore, a protocol for the detection and treatment of cases are issued.

At this time, several countries in the region reported indigenous transmission; ie by infected mosquitoes circulating in the territory.

So far, this has not happened in Costa Rica, so health authorities are calling on the population to eliminate the breeding sites of mosquitoes.

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Costa Rica confirms first case of chikungunya in the country

June 27th, 2014

The first confirmed case corresponds to a Costa Rican woman of 25 who developed the acute situation in the Dominican Republic and then traveled to Costa Rica, Friday the Director of Epidemiological Surveillance, Ministry of Health of this country, Mary Ethel Trejos.

He noted that so far health authorities have ruled out seven suspected cases and two listed as probable (a woman of 63 and a 37).

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After El Salvador, Costa Rica is the second country in Central America with a (reported) local chikungunya case.

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First case of Chikungunya in Costa Rica confirmed

The Costa Rican Ministry of Health decided to confirm this as the first case of this type of fever very high probability that there has been infected in the country with reference to the incubation time of the virus.

A French tourist was the first confirmed case of Chikungunya virus in Costa Rica, said this morning the Ministry of Health.

The woman entered the country on 10 May and left anterior 21 of the same month; women presented symptoms of the disease until the 27th of May in France.

The French health authorities alerted their counterparts in Costa Rica, to the newspaper La Nacion .

The Costa Rican Ministry of Health decided to confirm this as the first case of this type of fever very high probability that there has been infected in the country with reference to the incubation time of the virus.

Also clarified that there is no record that he was in another country with virus circulation before he entered to Costa Rica.

The woman concerned was in San Jose, Tortuguero, La Fortuna, and Monteverde Quepos, confirmed the Ministry.

The virus is transmitted by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes and their symptoms are stronger than those of dengue.

A total of five suspected cases analyzes the Ministry of Health of Costa Rica, all imported from Dominican Republic.

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Ministry of Health confirms first case of Chikungunya in Costa Rica

BY ANGELA AVALOS AND DANIELA QUIRÓS - Updated on July 4, 2014

The Ministry of Health confirmed this morning the first case of Chikungunya virus in Costa Rica, the affected is a French tourist.

The woman entered the country on 10 May and left anterior 21 of the same month; women presented symptoms of the disease until the 27th of May in France.

It was the body of health of that country who alerted national authorities.

In this situation, the Ministry of Health decided to confirm this as the first case of this type of fever in Costa Rica because there are very high chances that has infected the country with reference to the incubation time of the virus.

There are no records that was in another country with virus circulation before he entered to Costa Rica.


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Health monitors two cases of possible local infection of chikungunya

BY ANGELA AVALOS R. / aavalos@nacion.com - Updated on July 12, 2014 at: 12:00 am

Blood samples were sent to incenses, Monday for confirmation

In last month, 13 cases have been reported; seven were in the process of analysis

The Ministry of Health is investigating whether a teenager from Grecia de Alajuela and a woman aged 30, of Siquirres de Lim?n could have been locally infected with chikungunya virus .

These two people developed symptoms of the disease without having been before in any nation with active transmission of this virus.

As reported yesterday, the Director of Health Surveillance, Mary Ethel Trejos, the young person is an agricultural laborer Rio Cuarto de Grecia, while the woman has a history of leaving the country to areas with transmission.

Blood samples of these people, along with others, will be sent on Monday to the National Reference Center for Virology, National Institute for Research and Education on Nutrition and Health (incenses).

The results confirmed, would be the first cases of local transmission of chikungunya.

The incenses are able to do lab tests to confirm or rule out HIV infection: proof chain reaction (PCR) and ELISA to detect chikungunya antibodies in the blood.

In the last month, the Ministry of Health has accumulated a total of 13 reported cases, as part of the health alert for chikungunya.

Two of them are in people who had acute boxes disease in Haiti and Dominican Republic.

Of the other 11, four classified as probable in epidemiological link (traveled to countries with active transmission). Seven are still awaiting lab results, Trejos reported.

Although chikungunya affects only once (because immunity), the virus attacks the joints; produces fever of 39 degrees or more and can leave people with rheumatoid arthritis as a sequel.

. A week ago, the Ministry of Health confirmed the first case of local chikungunya fever.

It was a French tourist, who spent 10 days visiting different parts of the country and upon returning to France, developed the disease. The diagnosis was made in this country by PCR.

Health Minister, Mar?a Elena L?pez N??ez, yesterday called on the population to which eliminate mosquito breeding sites.


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Source: http://thecostaricanews.com/six-cases-of-chikungunya-confirmed-in-costa-rica/21075


Six Cases of Chikungunya Confirmed in Costa Rica ? Know the Signs!
By TCRN on July 21, 2014 in Health

The Costa Rica News (TCRN) ? Costa Rican health officials confirmed this morning that 40 patient samples from different parts of the country where there are outbreaks of dengue, six are positive for chikungunya.

The Director of Health Surveillance, Dr. Mary Ethel Trejos, said the elimination of breeding is the only way to stop or delay the entry of the chikungunya virus.

?The last two cases are pending from last week, both with a history of having been in Dominican Republic, one of the people is a woman from Limon and the other case is a neighbor of Montes de Oca,? said Dr. Trejos...

 

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Indigenous cases of chikungunya in the region rising health measures in the country

Health reports 16 cases of imported chikungunya

Indigenous cases of Chikungunya virus in countries of the region oblige national authorities to raise health measures for prevention and control of breeding sites.

The physician health surveillance, Roberto Castro expressed the importance of people to understand that must be seen as a compromise and not as a success that this country no indigenous cases of the virus.

Here, Castro said they are taking measures to prevent and control.

On Wednesday, tourism and transport sector joined in a fumigation campaign.

Mario Calderon, chief of the Transit Police noted the importance of each delegation officials are receiving training in prevention and elimination of breeding sites.

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FIRST CASE REPORT OF PROBABLE CHIKUNGUNYA IN COSTA RICA

Costa Rica 10/18/2014

The first case of chikungunya in the Caribbean, was detected in Dominica Republic.

Costa Rica probably record the first indigenous case (infected in the country) of chikungunya fever , reported Saturday the Health Minister María Elena López.

This is a woman living in the town of Esterillos, Parrita in the city, on the west coast of this nation, about 100 kilometers southeast of here, the minister said the local electronic journal crhoy.com.

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Source: http://www.ticotimes.net/2014/10/20...locally-transmitted-case-of-chikungunya-virus

Health Ministry confirms first locally transmitted case of chikungunya virus
Zach Dyer
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Over the weekend, the Public Health Ministry confirmed the first local case of the chikungunya virus in the Pacific coastal town of Parrita. This marks the first time the mosquito-borne virus has been locally transmitted in Costa Rica, according to Dr. Daniel Salas of the ministry?s health surveillance department...

 

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According to the previous post and according to PAHO a local case was confirmed before.

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AUTHORITIES ARE ALSO INVESTIGATING AN OUTBREAK IN GUANACASTE

Health confirms movement of Chikungunya virus in the country


BY ANGELA R. AVALOS / aavalos@nacion.com - Updated December 5, 2014

he Ministry of Health confirmed this afternoon circulation in the country of Chikungunya virus after confirming the first indigenous case in a 27 year old woman neighbor Coastal Birds, a community Chomes of Puntarenas.

The woman, whose identity was not revealed, presented symptoms three days ago, were made in laboratory tests incenses, which tested positive for the virus, Health Minister Maria Elena Lopez Nunez said.

In Chomes are being studied 14 cases and Santa Cruz de Guanacaste there is an outbreak of suspected cases is mixed, they may be sick with dengue or Chikungunya.

To date there are 33 imported cases of Chikungunya, the latter are countries of Central America with virus circulation.

So far it is the only indigenous case record. The Ministry of Health triggered the alert in Puntarenas and northern Alajuela, also in Guanacaste, where an outbreak of dengue register right now.

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Chikungunya Cases Continue to Grow in Costa Rica
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Costa Rica News ? Perhaps Costa Rica should not have cut back their budget on the monies that are being used to combat the mosquito carried viruses dengue and chikungunya. This problem is now coming to the forefront as more and more cases are appearing.

chikungunya costa rica180 patients in Guanacaste and Puntarenas are suspected to have Chikungunya. Seven cases have been confirmed so far. This is spreading rapidly and threatening to hit tourism hard this summer season...

 

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Health records 19 indigenous cases of Chikungunya in communities of Guanacaste and Puntarenas

BY ANGELA R. AVALOS / aavalos@nacion.com - Updated December 18, 2014

The Ministry of Health, reported this morning of 19 confirmed cases Chikungunya virus detected in several communities in Guanacaste and Puntarenas.

Roberto Castro C?rdoba, in the direction of Health Surveillance, Ministry of Health, reported that they are residents of places like Chomes, Coastal Birds, Manzanillo and Abangares.

In total this year there have been 61 cases. 19 qualify as autochthonous (the infection occurred through mosquitoes here in the country) and 42 imported cases (of infected people in nations where there is virus circulation).

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