Gert van der Hoek
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Published 06/17/2014
Chikungunya fever could reach the country
A new threat round health of Guatemalans, due to the possible arrival of fever chikungunya, a virus transmitted by mosquitoes and the Caribbean has been propagated by the North, Central and South America and has alerted health authorities region.
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (Mspas) has no confirmed cases of the disease in the country, which has similar symptoms to dengue. However, their presence does not rule in the territory, because nearby nations such as El Salvador, and more than 1mil recorded 200 infections
Carlos Mejia, head of the department of Medicine at Roosevelt Hospital, says that both this hospital and private clinics were presented people arriving with a dengue-like box, but at the time of testing the outcome of this disease is negative and the patient continues with ailments, so it could be chikungunya.
"It is suspected that there are cases in Guatemala; no one knows how many, because it has not done an extensive search; there is no way to check, because at the national laboratory do not have the evidence to make the diagnosis, "said the doctor, adding that since he knew of the threat of the virus in the region, residents and medical students were trained to I face.
Border Control
Gustavo Barillas, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, explains that in Guatemala and other Central American countries constant vigilance is maintained by the disease, as they have launched prevention campaigns by the dengue.
One danger is the migration of the carrier of the virus, whose larvae or eggs in containers that can travel across borders, or, sick people coming into the country. For that reason, the portfolio of Health maintains border controls.
Siglo21
Published 06/17/2014
Chikungunya fever could reach the country
A new threat round health of Guatemalans, due to the possible arrival of fever chikungunya, a virus transmitted by mosquitoes and the Caribbean has been propagated by the North, Central and South America and has alerted health authorities region.
The Ministry of Public Health and Social Assistance (Mspas) has no confirmed cases of the disease in the country, which has similar symptoms to dengue. However, their presence does not rule in the territory, because nearby nations such as El Salvador, and more than 1mil recorded 200 infections
Carlos Mejia, head of the department of Medicine at Roosevelt Hospital, says that both this hospital and private clinics were presented people arriving with a dengue-like box, but at the time of testing the outcome of this disease is negative and the patient continues with ailments, so it could be chikungunya.
"It is suspected that there are cases in Guatemala; no one knows how many, because it has not done an extensive search; there is no way to check, because at the national laboratory do not have the evidence to make the diagnosis, "said the doctor, adding that since he knew of the threat of the virus in the region, residents and medical students were trained to I face.
Border Control
Gustavo Barillas, spokesman for the Ministry of Health, explains that in Guatemala and other Central American countries constant vigilance is maintained by the disease, as they have launched prevention campaigns by the dengue.
One danger is the migration of the carrier of the virus, whose larvae or eggs in containers that can travel across borders, or, sick people coming into the country. For that reason, the portfolio of Health maintains border controls.
Siglo21
