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Cuba imported diagnosed case 28 of the Zika virus
July 23, 2016By: in: Uncategorized
Havana, Cuba 22 jul.- sum up today 28 imported cases of Zika virus to diagnose a new patient who resides in the central city of Santa Clara, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP).
It is a Cuban traveler who returned from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, where he was on personal business since last January, the Public Health Ministry said a note read on state television news.
When they started the symptoms of the disease, the patient was admitted to the "Arnaldo Milian Castro" hospital of Santa Clara and there he took a blood sample for study.
The examination conducted in the laboratory of the Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kouri" (IPK) in Havana confirmed last 21 the "Zika virus positive" result, the report said.
He also noted that the patient remains hospitalized with "good general condition and favorable evolution".
Since last March, when the Cuban health authorities confirmed the first case in the country, they have diagnosed 29 cases of the Zika virus, 28 of them imported and only one native, which was detected in a young Havana which has no history He is having traveled abroad.
The presence of the Zika virus in several countries in the region prompted the MINSAP intensified since last February last actions of hygiene and prevention to eradicate outbreaks of mosquito of the genus "Aedes".
Among mediated taken against the mosquito that transmits the virus Zika, dengue and chikungunya, is spraying and conducting investigations of people with symptoms of these diseases such as fever, pain in joints and skin rash. EFE
http://radiointereconomia.com/2016/07/23/cuba-diagnostica-el-caso-28-importado-del-virus-del-zika/
Cuba imported diagnosed case 28 of the Zika virus
July 23, 2016By: in: Uncategorized
Havana, Cuba 22 jul.- sum up today 28 imported cases of Zika virus to diagnose a new patient who resides in the central city of Santa Clara, according to the Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP).
It is a Cuban traveler who returned from the Caribbean island of St. Lucia, where he was on personal business since last January, the Public Health Ministry said a note read on state television news.
When they started the symptoms of the disease, the patient was admitted to the "Arnaldo Milian Castro" hospital of Santa Clara and there he took a blood sample for study.
The examination conducted in the laboratory of the Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro Kouri" (IPK) in Havana confirmed last 21 the "Zika virus positive" result, the report said.
He also noted that the patient remains hospitalized with "good general condition and favorable evolution".
Since last March, when the Cuban health authorities confirmed the first case in the country, they have diagnosed 29 cases of the Zika virus, 28 of them imported and only one native, which was detected in a young Havana which has no history He is having traveled abroad.
The presence of the Zika virus in several countries in the region prompted the MINSAP intensified since last February last actions of hygiene and prevention to eradicate outbreaks of mosquito of the genus "Aedes".
Among mediated taken against the mosquito that transmits the virus Zika, dengue and chikungunya, is spraying and conducting investigations of people with symptoms of these diseases such as fever, pain in joints and skin rash. EFE
http://radiointereconomia.com/2016/07/23/cuba-diagnostica-el-caso-28-importado-del-virus-del-zika/