Re: Nicaragua Confirms First Local Cases of Chikungunya Virus
Re: Nicaragua Confirms First Local Cases of Chikungunya Virus
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sept 26 2014
GOVERNMENT OF NICARAGUA IN VIRUS ALERT CHIKUNGUNYA
The detection of two new cases of chikungunya warns that the disease begins to take root in Nicaragua, then, according to the Ministry of Health, MoH, it's people who acquired the disease in national soil.
'Now these are not cases of siblings who have been out of the country, are cases of
siblings with relatives who traveled abroad in the area of the region, "said the coordinator of the Communication and Citizenship Minister, Rosario Murillo, yesterday at noon through official means.
These new patients with chikungunya virus-which is transmitted through bites mosquitos-- swell the list to 22 positive diagnoses. The first 20 were classified as 'imported', ie that the disease was contracted abroad.
Most cases are reported by patients who entered Nicaragua from Central America and the Caribbean, where the virus has infected thousands.
According to official information, the two cases-which would be the first 'native' - are women and presented on the same day, but the place where they were not detected said.
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Health officials detected two new cases of Chikungunya virus in the country, and for the first time are autochthonous, ie developed in the country, said Rosario Murillo, coordinator of the Communication and Citizenship Council through official media.
So far 9,537 confirmed cases reported in Latin America, told AFP Marcos Espinal, expert from the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).
"This is a disease that, despite having a very low mortality rate, will enter a process endemic in the region, definitely," said Espinal, who serves as director of the Department of Communicable Diseases PAHO.
He also expressed that the two cases reported are relatively young women who are either due to low attendance.
"Yesterday was the first time we had two cases in a single day, but good (...) the search for febrile patients, the tests on time, we can say that detect and serve before they become serious," Murillo said.
He also called for increased efforts to prevent the disease, and so far there are 22 confirmed cases.
More: La Prensa