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Seven weeks with less than 10% influenza A (H1N1) in Honduras
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TEGUCIGALPA .- The incidence of influenza A (H1N1) is less than 10 percent said the Director of Epidemiological Surveillance of Health, Thomas Guevara.
"The influenza virus activity is in less than 10 percent, we included the previous seven weeks in which there has been presented a case," said the specialist.
Cases of influenza "swine" were reduced to less than 10 percent.
Health officials believe that this is due to the success of vaccination campaigns that began three months ago, which has been made to immunize more than 130,000 school children and hundreds of people belonging to groups of high vulnerability as the elderly, health personnel, among others.
However, "we have other types of seasonal flu virus, taken from the country," the activity of the dreaded "swine flu" has been reduced considerably, he said.
"This is good because there is interest from the population to maintain care, as it is the activity and vaccination and acceptance" in Honduras, said.
The impact of health services is very low, almost zero, this coincides with the activity reported in Mexico, where the first outbreak was reported and Guatemala to Costa Rica and Panama, reported an increase in cases of seasonal influenza .
The disease appeared in the country in May 2009 and his property was that affected mostly obese people, pregnant women, hypertension and other chronic disease sufferers, which became the main victims.
So far this year there have been 100 confirmed cases and two deaths, but the outbreaks were disappearing not only in Honduras, but in all the Americas.
Seven weeks with less than 10% influenza A (H1N1) in Honduras
Home August 2, 2010
1 Comment
TEGUCIGALPA .- The incidence of influenza A (H1N1) is less than 10 percent said the Director of Epidemiological Surveillance of Health, Thomas Guevara.
"The influenza virus activity is in less than 10 percent, we included the previous seven weeks in which there has been presented a case," said the specialist.
Cases of influenza "swine" were reduced to less than 10 percent.
Health officials believe that this is due to the success of vaccination campaigns that began three months ago, which has been made to immunize more than 130,000 school children and hundreds of people belonging to groups of high vulnerability as the elderly, health personnel, among others.
However, "we have other types of seasonal flu virus, taken from the country," the activity of the dreaded "swine flu" has been reduced considerably, he said.
"This is good because there is interest from the population to maintain care, as it is the activity and vaccination and acceptance" in Honduras, said.
The impact of health services is very low, almost zero, this coincides with the activity reported in Mexico, where the first outbreak was reported and Guatemala to Costa Rica and Panama, reported an increase in cases of seasonal influenza .
The disease appeared in the country in May 2009 and his property was that affected mostly obese people, pregnant women, hypertension and other chronic disease sufferers, which became the main victims.
So far this year there have been 100 confirmed cases and two deaths, but the outbreaks were disappearing not only in Honduras, but in all the Americas.