Death reported in Valladolid -#38 in Spain

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Influenza A is charged over two deaths
A man of 74 years died Tuesday as a result of influenza A in Navarra. This is the first fatality from this cause in Navarre. The man, who presented risk factors, went to the ER at the Hospital de Navarra on 15 September and was transferred to the Intensive Care Unit of the center, where he remained until his death.

The Minister of Health of the Autonomous Government, Mar?a Kutz, said at a news conference that the male, of Spanish nationality and resident in Navarre, "entered the Hospital de Navarra with a flu-like box. Subsequently, he was diagnosed a case of influenza A.

Thus, the counselor noted that "the death was caused by this infection, though the person had risk factors that make it more prone to disease." Kutz not specify these risk factors.

Moreover, a person with "serious" underlying pathologies died from influenza A/H1N1 in Valladolid, third fatality related to the disease in Castilla y Leon, Europa Press reported on regional government sources.

The Castilla y Leon, in a statement, explained that the epidemiological services of the Castile and Leon have notified the Ministry of Health and Social Policy this new death of a patient "with serious underlying pathologies.

This death is in addition to the two occurred before the first one on August 26, when a woman of 86 years who had risk factors was killed.

Also, the September 11 died a girl of 18 who presented with severe mental handicap underlying pathologies and was hit by the H1N1 influenza outbreak declared at the Handicapped Care Center 'Pajarillos' de Valladolid.
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Re: Death reported in Valladolid -#38 in Spain

He suffered serious underlying pathologies

The second person died from influenza A in Valladolid
Third victim of this disease in Castilla y Leon
It is the victim 37 who were charged this disease in Spain
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Updated Tuesday 29/09/2009 15:50 hours

A second person has died of influenza A/H1N1 in Valladolid, bringing the total death toll from the disease rises to three in Castilla y Leon, sources with the Ministry of Health. Epidemiologic Services of the Castile and Leon on Tuesday reported to the Ministry of Health and Social Policy the new death of a patient with serious underlying pathologies. It is the victim 37 (38, edited by estacion) who is charged in Spain this disease since the virus began to circulate.

The first death from influenza A virus in the Community was in Zamora, 26 August. Specifically, it claimed the life of a woman aged 86 who had risk factors. She became the seventeenth of recorded until then in Spain. The second deceased was a woman of 18 who died in Valladolid. In this case, was among the group diagnosed in the epidemiological outbreak declared in Pajarillos CAMP. The couple lived in the center and died in Valladolid University Hospital where he remained hospitalized. The patient also had a severe mental handicap with underlying pathologies.

Failing to update the epidemiological data this week, Wednesday or Thursday, the latest information, for the week of 13 to 19 September, indicates that in Castile and Leon hit rate was 26.61 per 100,000 population, compared to 52.35 for the whole country. This indicates that in Spain, according to the Ministry of Health, may have arisen in the week above 23,393 cases of clinical influenza. Of the cases analyzed, 100% tested positive for the new influenza virus A (H1N1). Although, it should be noted that nearly all cases present with a mild and respond to conventional treatments.

Based on the data recorded in Castilla y Leon and the basis of information from National Influenza Center of Valladolid, influenza activity continued reporting is null and sporadic isolates. On Tuesday, the health minister (of Castilla-Le?n region) , Francisco Javier Alvarez Guisasola, insisted that it is a mild disease as seen in people who have suffered and who have responded well to treatment. He stressed that few people are hospilalized and even less in the intensive care units. At present there are two people admitted (in ICU) by this virus in Castile and Leon, he said.

Additionally, Alvarez Guisasola estimated that in late October or early November could administer the vaccine once it is approved by the Council of Health Ministers of the European Union and then by the Spanish Agency of Medicines.

Source: El Mundo
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As of Sept 25, Castilla-Le?n data were:
(Cense 2008 Castilla-Le?n: 2.553.301).
159 confirmed cases.
Week 30: No significative influenza activity.
Week 31: No significative influenza activity.
Week 32: 25,53301 x 4,91= 125 estimated cases.
Week 33: 25,53301 x 6,00= 153 estimated cases.
Week 34: 25,53301 x 5,27= 135 estimated cases.
Week 35: 25,53301 x14,77= 377 estimated cases.
Week 36: no swab collected.
Week 37: 25,53301 x 26,61= 679 estimated cases.
1.469 total estimated cases.
65 total hospitalized.
26 currently hospitalized. (25/09/09)
1 currently in UCI. (25/09/09)
2 deaths.