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Editor, Senior Moderator
The Brazil isn't free to face new outbreak of influenza A (H1N1) swine flu-like the one that hit the country in 2009. The alert is of experts of the International Conference: Influenza Antiviral Efficacy and resistance, which occurs until Thursday (10) in Rio de Janeiro.
The representative of the Pan American Health Organization (Paho), Otavio Oliva, said that the disease may return to reach Brazil and other countries in the form of a pandemic. ' The risk of a pandemic H1N1 is the same as before. Can be another influenza virus that is new to the population, which the immune system of people do not recognize. Is a virus extremely treacherous and can catch us by surprise. PAHO works as regional Office of the World Health Organization (who) for the American continent.
To avoid what happened two years ago, when the Government was surprised by the H1N1 pandemic, the researcher Marilda Siqueira, head of the Respiratory Virus laboratory of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, said that Brazil needs to improve its early warning system.
' Brazil is with a system that needs to be much improved. Is not homogeneous in terms of collecting samples and data. And this leads to not have a thorough knowledge of what is happening in the country with the influenza virus. Not all States have a good monitoring system '.
She said that there is the possibility of viruses acquire resistance to currently available drugs, which would aggravate the situation. ' The challenge is quite large, because for the control of Influenza virus we have basically two mechanisms. By means of vaccines, which are usually changed every year, and the antiviral medicines for which viruses are susceptible.
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The representative of the Pan American Health Organization (Paho), Otavio Oliva, said that the disease may return to reach Brazil and other countries in the form of a pandemic. ' The risk of a pandemic H1N1 is the same as before. Can be another influenza virus that is new to the population, which the immune system of people do not recognize. Is a virus extremely treacherous and can catch us by surprise. PAHO works as regional Office of the World Health Organization (who) for the American continent.
To avoid what happened two years ago, when the Government was surprised by the H1N1 pandemic, the researcher Marilda Siqueira, head of the Respiratory Virus laboratory of the Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, said that Brazil needs to improve its early warning system.
' Brazil is with a system that needs to be much improved. Is not homogeneous in terms of collecting samples and data. And this leads to not have a thorough knowledge of what is happening in the country with the influenza virus. Not all States have a good monitoring system '.
She said that there is the possibility of viruses acquire resistance to currently available drugs, which would aggravate the situation. ' The challenge is quite large, because for the control of Influenza virus we have basically two mechanisms. By means of vaccines, which are usually changed every year, and the antiviral medicines for which viruses are susceptible.
http://noticias.terra.com.br/brasil...il+nao+esta+livre+de+nova+epidemia+de+HN.html