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Existen tres casos sospechosos de ni?os afectados por el hantavirus
01 de marzo de 2019 - 03:00
Son menores de la ciudad de Capiat?, residentes en la zona donde se conoci? un caso el fin de semana. Salud tambi?n investiga dos ni?os del mismo barrio que presentaban fiebre aguda.
Google translation:
Maximum attention The General Directorate of Health Surveillance, under the Ministry of Public Health, revealed yesterday that there are three suspected cases of people affected by hantavirus. Two of them were hospitalized.
The Ministry of Health said that studies continue to determine or rule out the disease. They are three children, all from the district of Capiat?, located in the area where the first suspected case was identified at the weekend.
Among those affected is the 7-year-old boy, whose positive result, made by a private laboratory, was disclosed on social networks on Saturday. The minor continues in intensive care.
He is joined by a three-year-old girl, who is stable with outpatient follow-up. The third suspected case, with a diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), was released yesterday, after being hospitalized.
"All reported cases have different symptoms or symptoms, therefore, it can not be said that there is a common source of infection. One presents a neurological picture, the other a picture of fever and diarrhea, another one presents fever and respiratory picture. Therefore, they do not meet the criteria to indicate a definition of cases, they are possible cases. We do not rule out, but we can not confirm with the data we have at the moment, "said Dr. Sandra Irala, Health Surveillance.
He explained that in order to determine the cases notified in Capiat?, they are exhausting all instances. Especially considering that they are located in areas where the hantavirus is not endemic. In addition, the clinical pictures presented by patients are not completely compatible with the characteristic symptoms of the disease.
Irala mentioned that there are two more children in research, also from the area of Capiat?. Children have acute fever syndrome. However, it is not ruled out that it may be due to dengue, which circulates in this and other areas of the country.
Samples Regarding the laboratory studies, Irala announced that they will be sent to a regional laboratory in Argentina, just as he had told ?h in yesterday's edition. The referral will be made of the studies done to the patients will be sent in these days.
Dr. Cinthia V?zquez, of the Central Laboratory of the Ministry of Public Health, mentioned that the results are not conclusive. "We do not rule out, but we can not confirm the cases either," he said.
All the cases registered in the Chaco, an endemic area, tend to produce a positive result.
Dr. Doris Roig, director of Coordination of Regions, said that in order to arrive at a diagnosis, three elements are needed: patient clinic, laboratory and epidemiology.
He explained that in the cases studied there is a weak positive laboratory result, without the presence of the characteristic clinical picture of hantavirus.
Probes in the area of cases
In addition to laboratory studies and monitoring of suspected cases, the Ministry of Public Health carries out an intervention within the community located in Capiat?. According to details, 128 Capiat? properties were visited and 65 people interviewed. All of the probes were asked if they had had a fever or any other symptom that makes them suspect the presence of the disease. According to the results of the survey, there were no other similar cases with symptoms of the disease, however, 32% of those surveyed said they had rodents. The hantavirus is transmitted in the stool and urine of the mouse. In the neighborhood where the suspected cases are registered, the Conti Paraguay factory is located, which has deposits of its products in its facilities.
Existen tres casos sospechosos de ni?os afectados por el hantavirus
01 de marzo de 2019 - 03:00
Son menores de la ciudad de Capiat?, residentes en la zona donde se conoci? un caso el fin de semana. Salud tambi?n investiga dos ni?os del mismo barrio que presentaban fiebre aguda.
Google translation:
Maximum attention The General Directorate of Health Surveillance, under the Ministry of Public Health, revealed yesterday that there are three suspected cases of people affected by hantavirus. Two of them were hospitalized.
The Ministry of Health said that studies continue to determine or rule out the disease. They are three children, all from the district of Capiat?, located in the area where the first suspected case was identified at the weekend.
Among those affected is the 7-year-old boy, whose positive result, made by a private laboratory, was disclosed on social networks on Saturday. The minor continues in intensive care.
He is joined by a three-year-old girl, who is stable with outpatient follow-up. The third suspected case, with a diagnosis of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), was released yesterday, after being hospitalized.
"All reported cases have different symptoms or symptoms, therefore, it can not be said that there is a common source of infection. One presents a neurological picture, the other a picture of fever and diarrhea, another one presents fever and respiratory picture. Therefore, they do not meet the criteria to indicate a definition of cases, they are possible cases. We do not rule out, but we can not confirm with the data we have at the moment, "said Dr. Sandra Irala, Health Surveillance.
He explained that in order to determine the cases notified in Capiat?, they are exhausting all instances. Especially considering that they are located in areas where the hantavirus is not endemic. In addition, the clinical pictures presented by patients are not completely compatible with the characteristic symptoms of the disease.
Irala mentioned that there are two more children in research, also from the area of Capiat?. Children have acute fever syndrome. However, it is not ruled out that it may be due to dengue, which circulates in this and other areas of the country.
Samples Regarding the laboratory studies, Irala announced that they will be sent to a regional laboratory in Argentina, just as he had told ?h in yesterday's edition. The referral will be made of the studies done to the patients will be sent in these days.
Dr. Cinthia V?zquez, of the Central Laboratory of the Ministry of Public Health, mentioned that the results are not conclusive. "We do not rule out, but we can not confirm the cases either," he said.
All the cases registered in the Chaco, an endemic area, tend to produce a positive result.
Dr. Doris Roig, director of Coordination of Regions, said that in order to arrive at a diagnosis, three elements are needed: patient clinic, laboratory and epidemiology.
He explained that in the cases studied there is a weak positive laboratory result, without the presence of the characteristic clinical picture of hantavirus.
Probes in the area of cases
In addition to laboratory studies and monitoring of suspected cases, the Ministry of Public Health carries out an intervention within the community located in Capiat?. According to details, 128 Capiat? properties were visited and 65 people interviewed. All of the probes were asked if they had had a fever or any other symptom that makes them suspect the presence of the disease. According to the results of the survey, there were no other similar cases with symptoms of the disease, however, 32% of those surveyed said they had rodents. The hantavirus is transmitted in the stool and urine of the mouse. In the neighborhood where the suspected cases are registered, the Conti Paraguay factory is located, which has deposits of its products in its facilities.