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Zika second case diagnosed in Cuba
March 3, 2016 | 76 |
The second confirmed imported case of patient diagnosed with virus Zika , corresponding to Cuban collaborator, Bachelor of Nursing, 51 years old, who arrived in the country from Venezuela (Tachira) on 02/23/2016 and resident in the city of Manzanillo, Granma province.
Begins the day 23 rash accompanied by itching, swelling and pain in the left hand. Enter 25 in the Celia Sanchez Hospital, performing sampling for isolation Zika, which was sent to the IPK. From this very day all actions of epidemiological and vector control established for such cases were made.
The March 2 reported by the laboratory of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, the real-time PCR performed on the patient at the time of admission, is positive for Zika virus.
At present she is asymptomatic and in good general condition.
http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2016/03/03/diagnostican-segundo-caso-de-zika-en-cuba/
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Zika second confirmed case in Cuba
The virus continues to spread through Latin America and the world. | Photo: File
Published March 4, 2016
The patient is a Cuban nurse 51 years old, partner in Venezuela, who came to the island in February and was admitted to hospital with symptoms.
Cuba health authorities confirmed on Thursday the second imported Zika virus in a 51-year-old who arrived in the country from Venezuela last February 23 case.
It is a collaborative nurse in the state of Tachira (west), which resides in the city of Manzanillo, Granma province; doctors were among the suspected cases after finding that showed skin rash, itching, swelling and pain in the left hand.
He entered the hospital Celia Sanchez last February 25 with such symptoms and underwent blood tests to check sample
http://www.telesurtv.net/news/Confirman-segundo-caso-de-zika-en-Cuba-20160303-0095.html
Zika second case diagnosed in Cuba
March 3, 2016 | 76 |
The second confirmed imported case of patient diagnosed with virus Zika , corresponding to Cuban collaborator, Bachelor of Nursing, 51 years old, who arrived in the country from Venezuela (Tachira) on 02/23/2016 and resident in the city of Manzanillo, Granma province.
Begins the day 23 rash accompanied by itching, swelling and pain in the left hand. Enter 25 in the Celia Sanchez Hospital, performing sampling for isolation Zika, which was sent to the IPK. From this very day all actions of epidemiological and vector control established for such cases were made.
The March 2 reported by the laboratory of the Institute of Tropical Medicine, the real-time PCR performed on the patient at the time of admission, is positive for Zika virus.
At present she is asymptomatic and in good general condition.
http://www.cubadebate.cu/noticias/2016/03/03/diagnostican-segundo-caso-de-zika-en-cuba/
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Zika second confirmed case in Cuba
The virus continues to spread through Latin America and the world. | Photo: File
Published March 4, 2016
The patient is a Cuban nurse 51 years old, partner in Venezuela, who came to the island in February and was admitted to hospital with symptoms.
Cuba health authorities confirmed on Thursday the second imported Zika virus in a 51-year-old who arrived in the country from Venezuela last February 23 case.
It is a collaborative nurse in the state of Tachira (west), which resides in the city of Manzanillo, Granma province; doctors were among the suspected cases after finding that showed skin rash, itching, swelling and pain in the left hand.
He entered the hospital Celia Sanchez last February 25 with such symptoms and underwent blood tests to check sample
http://www.telesurtv.net/news/Confirman-segundo-caso-de-zika-en-Cuba-20160303-0095.html