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Romania - 48 people with symptoms of acute gastroenteritis in Sebis - Norovirus?

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ARADON ARADON Arad County News

A virus unknown casualties in the Sebis

1:59 p.m. 20 October 2015; Updated at: 4:19 p.m. 20 October 2015;
Written by Diana Dutu -

In just two and a half days, 48 people arrived at the hospital with the same symptoms. Doctors have not yet managed to find explanations.

Event with totally unusual in the Sebiş. More people - children and adults alike - from rural Maundy Thursday, Barsa, Chisindia, butene and Sebis arrived at the hospital with nausea, vomiting and diarrhea. Strange is that patients seem to have nothing in common. They come from different places, from different families, they were not at any wedding or other event to gather them all together ... And yet, the same disease symptoms.

Cases

According to the Public Health Department (DSP) Arad, the first cases occurred Sunday, October 18, when 15 people - including eight adults and seven children - were presented to the emergency room of the Hospital for Chronic Diseases of Sebiş with symptoms acute gastroenteritis. A day later, ie Monday, October 19, another 25 people - 18 adults and seven children - went to the emergency room with the same symptoms. Of the seven children, four (ages 3, 7, 10 and 14) remained hospitalized in the hospital's pediatrics department. Tuesday, October 20, until 12.30, it already had submitted eight others to the hospital.

Except four children, patients were not hospitalized. They came to the emergency room were perfused and went home.

Helplessness

What happened to the people? Unfortunately, at least for now, there is an answer to this question.

"I can not tell you what it is, we do not know. I can only tell you what it is not. No fluid source, so no mains water involved. There is no food source, meaning that they ate all or most of them in a restaurant, a school, a cafeteria or a kiosk. Moreover, tests for rota and adenoviruses that may be involved in gastroenteritis are negative. So it went nothing we do not know. I can not tell you what triggered this unusual event, with 48 cases in two days and a half "- told Jurnal Arad / Aradon Dr. Dana Black, deputy director of DSP Arad.

Beyond the failure to find explanations only joy doctors is that the 48 patients condition is good, forms of the disease are mild.

Exclusions

There is, however, a chance to discover the cause of symptoms of ill accused? Reply dr. Black: "We intend to see what could be. But with a good solution so fortunately ... Let's see ... if there are viruses to be bacteriosis? ... I do not know. Unfortunately, to my shame, I do not know. Honestly. At the moment, we can not exclude an epidemic waterborne and food and ... so. And we are pleased that patients are doing well. In the unusual event. "

Norovirus?

Driving DSP Arad announced the Ministry of Health about the virus Sebiş unknown area. It seems that they have encountered similar cases at the country level specialists assuming it's a norovirus infection. That is a highly contagious disease, which spreads rapidly through food, water or contact with sick people. The incubation period of the virus is more than 48 hours after first exposure. The symptoms last between 1 and 3 days, but some patients may recover completely without any treatment.

http://www.aradon.ro/un-virus-necunoscut-face-victime-in-zona-sebis/1583196

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Alert, officially, due to a virus Sebis

10.20.15 | 1:19 p.m. pm Adrian Cotuna

Dozens of people arrived at the hospital in Sebiş in three days after an infection caused by an enterovirus. Due to illness is not the consumption of mushrooms, doctors still having a clue leading to the detection of the outbreak. The situation is alarming in terms of the wave of illnesses, Arad Public Health Department had to establish emergency.

"Illness is caused by the existence of an enterovirus, which is easily transmitted, about airborne. On October 18, we had 15 cases, 19 have had 25, and today (nr Tuesday) by this time (No. 14.00) have already recorded eight cases. What is known for certain is that until now the disease has no any connection with the consumption of mushrooms, only two people claiming to have eaten it. Fortunately, even though it was instituted alertness, symptoms fail quickly under treatment, and patients are discharged quickly enough ", declared Dr. Cristian Serbian manager Chronic Disease Hospital in Sebiş.

The mean age of patients is very wide, ranging from two to 80 years. Most people are in town Sebiş, but begin to appear cases of Birsa and Chisindia.

DSP investigates cases

Arad Public Health Department has already started Sebis alertness and is now trying to find the cause of the illness that led to dozens of people. "We continue to track every test due to illness. The fact is that so far we have managed to exclude because of the food or rotavirus. Of the 48 cases recorded so far 14 are children under 14 years. Of the 14, one of four children were hospitalized more months. We hope that tomorrow (today no) to find more concrete data in terms due to illness ", declared Dr. Dana Black, deputy director of the Public Health Department Arad.

http://glsa.ro/arad/215031-stare-de-alerta-la-sebis.html
 
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