tetano
Editor, Senior Moderator
El Paso and Ju?rez health officials expressed concern on Monday about a potential H1N1 flu virus outbreak that could have played a role in three deaths on both sides of the border.
El Paso city health officials said the virus was a secondary factor in February's death of a 76-year-old El Paso man who had chronic health problems.
"We want to make sure the community realizes how serious we are taking this investigation, but we also want to make sure there is no unnecessary alarm throughout the region," said Fernando Gonzalez, epidemiologist for the city's Department of Public Health.
"This recent death is not a case of a seemingly healthy individual who contracted the diseases, became ill and died as a result."
Gonzalez added, "Much like we saw with H1N1 cases in 2009, this elderly man was someone who was sick and whose body could not overcome various illnesses, including the H1N1 flu strain."
In Ju?rez, health officials issued an alert after two people died and others came down with a flu-like illness they suspected was caused by H1N1.
Concerns over a new H1N1 outbreak prompted Chihuahua officials to stress that several people who contracted flu-like symptoms visited either New Mexico or Texas or were in contact with people from the U.S. side of the border.
..
http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_17721783?source=most_viewed
El Paso city health officials said the virus was a secondary factor in February's death of a 76-year-old El Paso man who had chronic health problems.
"We want to make sure the community realizes how serious we are taking this investigation, but we also want to make sure there is no unnecessary alarm throughout the region," said Fernando Gonzalez, epidemiologist for the city's Department of Public Health.
"This recent death is not a case of a seemingly healthy individual who contracted the diseases, became ill and died as a result."
Gonzalez added, "Much like we saw with H1N1 cases in 2009, this elderly man was someone who was sick and whose body could not overcome various illnesses, including the H1N1 flu strain."
In Ju?rez, health officials issued an alert after two people died and others came down with a flu-like illness they suspected was caused by H1N1.
Concerns over a new H1N1 outbreak prompted Chihuahua officials to stress that several people who contracted flu-like symptoms visited either New Mexico or Texas or were in contact with people from the U.S. side of the border.
..
http://www.elpasotimes.com/news/ci_17721783?source=most_viewed
