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Mexico is prepared for a mutation resistant H1N1 virus
"If there was a mutation that causes a resistance to Tamiflu, an antiviral then be changed for another. Mexico is ready with a reserve of 100 thousand alternating zanavimir treatments, yet is still small but we would cope. At this point we are not facing that situation, "noted Alejandro Macias, National Commissioner for Influenza Care.
Thu, 26/11/2009 - 16:18
A person using a mouth covered as a preventive measure. APCiudad of Mexico .- The federal government has a "small strategic reserve" of over 100 thousand zanavimir where in Mexico following a finding of resistance to Tamiflu as a result of mutations that have experienced H1N1 virus reported Alejandro Macias, National Commissioner for Influenza Care.
"If there was a mutation that causes a resistance to Tamiflu, an antiviral then be changed for another. Mexico is ready with a reserve of 100 thousand alternating zanavimir treatments, yet is still small but we would cope. At this point we are not facing that situation, "spoke in an interview.
Globally, the World Health Organization has identified 75 cases of resistance to Tamiflu, or oseltamivir, and some cases of mutation of the H1N1 influenza virus in three patients in Norway as well as in Brazil, China, Japan, Ukraine and the U.S..
In the morning, WHO ruled that similar cases occur in Mexico with the same mutation of the human influenza virus H1N1 that was found in Norway, which killed three people.
In Aguascalientes, the Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos admitted that in Mexico there were cases detected by this mutation, there were patients who had the virus "mutant" with a very mild illness, some moderate and severe, or not related to the aggressiveness of the virus, now there is no concern in our country and generally in the world for these small changes that have occurred.
He added: "mutations in the virus have been watching but only in one part of the genome that does not affect the sensitivity of the virus to the antiviral, or the sensitivity or reactivity that may have the vaccine."
Cordova Villalobos also said that in the country there have been no cases of people who have fallen ill twice a pandemic virus, as has happened in the U.S., according to reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ).
Meanwhile, Macias, National Commissioner for Influenza Care at Millennium said that the virus has undergone not one but many mutations, "is always mutating.
"The last one was reported, which has made more news, is that of Norway, but this does not imply resistance to antivirals, or greater transmissibility or difficulties in their diagnosis, and the only indication is that it might be more invasive and more lethal "he said.
For now, he said, warning of Norway "here and now we do not change anything, and that does not mean that the virus may reach the fututo mutate and also will not get avian influenza H5N1, which is very lethal . This may be but now is not the case, you only have to pay attention to this mutation.
People who have experienced resistance to Tamiflu have compromised immune systems such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Valadez White / Millennium
Mexico is prepared for a mutation resistant H1N1 virus
"If there was a mutation that causes a resistance to Tamiflu, an antiviral then be changed for another. Mexico is ready with a reserve of 100 thousand alternating zanavimir treatments, yet is still small but we would cope. At this point we are not facing that situation, "noted Alejandro Macias, National Commissioner for Influenza Care.
Thu, 26/11/2009 - 16:18
A person using a mouth covered as a preventive measure. APCiudad of Mexico .- The federal government has a "small strategic reserve" of over 100 thousand zanavimir where in Mexico following a finding of resistance to Tamiflu as a result of mutations that have experienced H1N1 virus reported Alejandro Macias, National Commissioner for Influenza Care.
"If there was a mutation that causes a resistance to Tamiflu, an antiviral then be changed for another. Mexico is ready with a reserve of 100 thousand alternating zanavimir treatments, yet is still small but we would cope. At this point we are not facing that situation, "spoke in an interview.
Globally, the World Health Organization has identified 75 cases of resistance to Tamiflu, or oseltamivir, and some cases of mutation of the H1N1 influenza virus in three patients in Norway as well as in Brazil, China, Japan, Ukraine and the U.S..
In the morning, WHO ruled that similar cases occur in Mexico with the same mutation of the human influenza virus H1N1 that was found in Norway, which killed three people.
In Aguascalientes, the Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos admitted that in Mexico there were cases detected by this mutation, there were patients who had the virus "mutant" with a very mild illness, some moderate and severe, or not related to the aggressiveness of the virus, now there is no concern in our country and generally in the world for these small changes that have occurred.
He added: "mutations in the virus have been watching but only in one part of the genome that does not affect the sensitivity of the virus to the antiviral, or the sensitivity or reactivity that may have the vaccine."
Cordova Villalobos also said that in the country there have been no cases of people who have fallen ill twice a pandemic virus, as has happened in the U.S., according to reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC ).
Meanwhile, Macias, National Commissioner for Influenza Care at Millennium said that the virus has undergone not one but many mutations, "is always mutating.
"The last one was reported, which has made more news, is that of Norway, but this does not imply resistance to antivirals, or greater transmissibility or difficulties in their diagnosis, and the only indication is that it might be more invasive and more lethal "he said.
For now, he said, warning of Norway "here and now we do not change anything, and that does not mean that the virus may reach the fututo mutate and also will not get avian influenza H5N1, which is very lethal . This may be but now is not the case, you only have to pay attention to this mutation.
People who have experienced resistance to Tamiflu have compromised immune systems such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
Valadez White / Millennium