Nicaragua - Dengue

[Gert van der Hoek]

Dengue Alert in Nicaragua

Managua, Mar 20 (Prensa Latina) The Nicaraguan capital and several municipalities of the western country are on an epidemiologic alert after the death of two children with hemorrhagic dengue and the detection of other 20 cases of the classical variant of the illness.

The deceased were a six year-old girl and a boy of four, in Managua, in recent days, according to the Public health Minister (MINSA).

About 20 people with dengue are in the capital and in San Rafael del Sur, Masachapa and Tipitapa areas.

A red alert was declared for the affected municipalities, according to MINSA authorities.

Local authorities exhorted the population to support the institution s efforts to eradicate the mosquito Aedes aegypti, main agent transmitter of the illness.

Cleaning and fumigation campaigns are announced in the whole city for the next weeks as part of those actions.


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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Nicaragua - Dengue

Nicaragua launches media campaign against dengue

The Nicaraguan health authorities on Wednesday launched a media campaign urging citizens to adopt a variety of anti-dengue measures after reports of two dengue related deaths.

Juan Amador, director of epidemiology at Nicaragua's Health Ministry, called on the citizens to destroy water containers, which can act as breeding grounds for the dengue-carrying Aedes Aegypti mosquito.

Other measures include getting rid of stagnant water, including barrels, tires and bottles, and burning or burying rubbish, which is sometimes stored in the patios of homes.

The department of the Managua Integrated Local Health-care System on Tuesday reported two deaths from hemorrhagic dengue, as well as 19 registered cases of regular dengue and eight cases of hemorrhagic dengue.

During the same period in 2006, there were 26 regular dengue cases in Managua, and two hemorrhagic dengue cases.

Speaking at a press conference, Amador said that Managua had experienced most of the major cases of dengue, but the northern province of Esteli and the southeastern province of Carazo had also seen some cases.

"Nationwide some 200 people a week seem to have symptoms of dengue, which is a significant increase form January and February last year," he told reporters.

The Health Ministry aims to halve dengue cases by March using a national fumigation campaign, he said.

Dengue is caused by four closely related viruses and is spread by the Aedes Aegypti mosquito, which breeds in stagnant water bodies. Its symptoms include high fever, nausea, rashes, backache and headaches.

Most mainstream dengue cases are not fatal, but the hemorrhagic variant, which causes severe internal bleeding as blood vessels collapse, can kill up to 20 percent of its victims.

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[Gert van der Hoek]

Re: Nicaragua - Dengue

Nicaragua Takes on Dengue Fever

Managua, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Nicaragua Health Ministry MINSA urged people to cooperate with the brigades of sanitation and fumigation to fight the mosquito transmitter of dengue fever, to prevent the disease from spreading.

"It's important to let our sanitation brigadiers enter houses to do their job. Please don't close doors when fumigation trucks pass, because the situation could worsen," alerted Epidemiology Director of MINSA Juan Jose Amador.

The official assured at a press conference offered this weekend that during the first two quarters of 2007, 322 classic dengue fever-infected people and 35 infected with the hemorrhagic type have been detected, with three dead so far.

Amador added health authorities major concern is the appearance of dengue fever in type 3 seropositive people, the worse of the four types of dengue according to experts.

In an effort to avoid the epidemic, MINSA have trained 50,000 people and distributed 290,000 kg of chemicals as part of a campaign to fight mosquito Aedes Aegypti breeding grounds.

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