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Source: http://www.agencialusa.com.br/index.php?iden=26172
16-08-2009 12:28:58
Effect of influenza A among Indians is unpredictable, says expert
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (Lusa) - The impact of the possible movement of influenza A (H1N1) among the indigenous is unpredictable, said the agency Lusa the infectologist Edmilson Migowski, added that this population can not be "neglected."
Although many tribes live isolated and penetration of new flu virus is more difficult, Edmilson Migowski, researcher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), said fears that the virus reach villages the situation is "complicated."
"More complicated because they live in large cities which is an aggravating" and access to health care is precarious, held to highlight the need for logistical planning to send medicines to communities located in remote regions.
"In a country with continental dimensions like Brazil, we must take action now that the situation is relatively under control, but that thinking, because it can worsen," warned.
Migowski also pointed out that "limited experience" with the virus of influenza A perspective prevents the size of the impact, but acknowledged the possibility that the mortality rate among indigenous people is greater.
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In turn, the anthropologist Marcos Braga noted that the epidemic can be expanded by the system of social organization of tribes, such as the villages of ianom?mis live up to 40 people from different families in the same Maloca.
The death of an Indian ianom?mi in the last week in the Amazon is being investigated under suspicion of having contracted the virus A.
However, the researcher of the Amazon and the indigenous question, Federal University of Roraima compares the effects of disease from contact with the white man in the past were much more devastating.
"In the past a simple flu had a process of decimation. Not today, the concern is still prevention, but the resistance has increased because the immunization reached Maloca many of the tribes," he explained.
Still, Braga acknowledges that this is a public health concern due to the epidemiological profile of indigenous peoples that are naturally more vulnerable to viruses.
The Indians, now they are leaving their communities to urban centers and thus considered, are also buying more antibodies.
Registration
Braga Insikiran coordinates the Center for Training Indigenous Education and the university said that in the institution, there is already a concern in preventing influenza mainly in 258 indigenous students from six ethnic groups who are regularly enrolled.
The first death of an Indian by the new flu was confirmed in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). The victim was a native of 49 years who had respiratory problems.
Another case not yet confirmed by authorities is a baby of three months in the State of S?o Paulo. The child belonged to the indigenous village of Paranapu? and died on August 6 at the hospital in Santos, on the coast of the state.
The last balance sheet published by the partial Brazilian Ministry of Health, on 11, recorded 192 deaths from influenza A, but the recorded deaths in the state level and not collected by the central authorities can shoot to the number over 300.
16-08-2009 12:28:58
Effect of influenza A among Indians is unpredictable, says expert
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 16 (Lusa) - The impact of the possible movement of influenza A (H1N1) among the indigenous is unpredictable, said the agency Lusa the infectologist Edmilson Migowski, added that this population can not be "neglected."
Although many tribes live isolated and penetration of new flu virus is more difficult, Edmilson Migowski, researcher at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ), said fears that the virus reach villages the situation is "complicated."
"More complicated because they live in large cities which is an aggravating" and access to health care is precarious, held to highlight the need for logistical planning to send medicines to communities located in remote regions.
"In a country with continental dimensions like Brazil, we must take action now that the situation is relatively under control, but that thinking, because it can worsen," warned.
Migowski also pointed out that "limited experience" with the virus of influenza A perspective prevents the size of the impact, but acknowledged the possibility that the mortality rate among indigenous people is greater.
Group
In turn, the anthropologist Marcos Braga noted that the epidemic can be expanded by the system of social organization of tribes, such as the villages of ianom?mis live up to 40 people from different families in the same Maloca.
The death of an Indian ianom?mi in the last week in the Amazon is being investigated under suspicion of having contracted the virus A.
However, the researcher of the Amazon and the indigenous question, Federal University of Roraima compares the effects of disease from contact with the white man in the past were much more devastating.
"In the past a simple flu had a process of decimation. Not today, the concern is still prevention, but the resistance has increased because the immunization reached Maloca many of the tribes," he explained.
Still, Braga acknowledges that this is a public health concern due to the epidemiological profile of indigenous peoples that are naturally more vulnerable to viruses.
The Indians, now they are leaving their communities to urban centers and thus considered, are also buying more antibodies.
Registration
Braga Insikiran coordinates the Center for Training Indigenous Education and the university said that in the institution, there is already a concern in preventing influenza mainly in 258 indigenous students from six ethnic groups who are regularly enrolled.
The first death of an Indian by the new flu was confirmed in the state of Rio Grande do Sul (RS). The victim was a native of 49 years who had respiratory problems.
Another case not yet confirmed by authorities is a baby of three months in the State of S?o Paulo. The child belonged to the indigenous village of Paranapu? and died on August 6 at the hospital in Santos, on the coast of the state.
The last balance sheet published by the partial Brazilian Ministry of Health, on 11, recorded 192 deaths from influenza A, but the recorded deaths in the state level and not collected by the central authorities can shoot to the number over 300.
