Gert van der Hoek
In Memoriam - Editor, Senior Moderator
machine translated:
The epidemic in light increase
Eight new people have just contracted the virus of the chikungunya. It is twice as much as last week. The epidemic is thus always present whereas the efforts of fight against the mosquito are far from being followed to the letter by the population. [December 9, 2006]
Last year at the same period, 275 R?unionnais contracted the chikungunya. With the eight new infections recorded between on November 27 and on December 3 (week 47 since the beginning of the year), one reassures oneself by thinking that the worst is behind us.
But nothing is gained as much as the viral transmission continues. And it continues more especially as the number of contaminations was multiplied by two compared to last week.
?We have a number of cases which are still weak even if it is in increase?, analyzes Jean-Louis Solet, coordinator of the interregional cell of epidemiology (Wax) Meeting-Mayotte. And what reassures the medical authorities, it is to see that the cases remain still sporadic.
A new patient was thus located reciprocally on the communes of Saint-Denis, the Plug, Holy-Suzanne and Saint-Joseph. And two cases were located at the same time on Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul.
No epidemic hearth is to be feared since these people live in districts rather distant from/to each other. This week, a certificate of death mentioning the chikungunya arrived at Drass. It is about a 85 years old R?unionnais which was diagnosed positive with the chik and the leptospirosis here are six months and which suffered in addition from problem of diabetes and arterial hypertension.
The chikungunya thus intervenes like a remote antecedent in the death of this person old, deceased of a deterioration of the state general. Considering the context, the anti-vectorial fight remains on-site. 1.185 agents were on the ground this week to treat the emergent sites, the cemeteries and gullies.
?Our activity principal it is the epidemiologic investigation, explains Julien Thiria, director of the service of disease prevention reinforced (SPR). Because we want to be sure that one has business with isolated and not grouped cases well, as one fears it.?
40% OF THE LARVAL LODGINGS IN THE SOUS-POTS
At the time of their interventions in residence, the technicians take place any to note that the individual efforts against the mosquito are far from being followed by everyone. ?40% of the larval lodgings are in the cups under the pots?, notes Julien Thiria.
The population thus did not adopt yet masses the daily gesture of it to empty its stagnant water reserves. Let us recall that it is enough to three to four days in summer so that the mosquito lays eggs in this kind of containers and becomes adult.
In Cambuston for example this week, 93 larval lodgings were listed on 100 houses. Knowing that one counts on average a hundred larvae per lodging, one can consider that in this district 9.300 larvae soon will transform themselves into adult mosquito if nothing is done.
The need better is included/understood that the agents of the LAV remain mobilized in a number on the ground.
http://archives.clicanoo.com/article.php3?id_article=145109&var_recherche=chikungunya
The epidemic in light increase
Eight new people have just contracted the virus of the chikungunya. It is twice as much as last week. The epidemic is thus always present whereas the efforts of fight against the mosquito are far from being followed to the letter by the population. [December 9, 2006]
Last year at the same period, 275 R?unionnais contracted the chikungunya. With the eight new infections recorded between on November 27 and on December 3 (week 47 since the beginning of the year), one reassures oneself by thinking that the worst is behind us.
But nothing is gained as much as the viral transmission continues. And it continues more especially as the number of contaminations was multiplied by two compared to last week.
?We have a number of cases which are still weak even if it is in increase?, analyzes Jean-Louis Solet, coordinator of the interregional cell of epidemiology (Wax) Meeting-Mayotte. And what reassures the medical authorities, it is to see that the cases remain still sporadic.
A new patient was thus located reciprocally on the communes of Saint-Denis, the Plug, Holy-Suzanne and Saint-Joseph. And two cases were located at the same time on Saint-Pierre and Saint-Paul.
No epidemic hearth is to be feared since these people live in districts rather distant from/to each other. This week, a certificate of death mentioning the chikungunya arrived at Drass. It is about a 85 years old R?unionnais which was diagnosed positive with the chik and the leptospirosis here are six months and which suffered in addition from problem of diabetes and arterial hypertension.
The chikungunya thus intervenes like a remote antecedent in the death of this person old, deceased of a deterioration of the state general. Considering the context, the anti-vectorial fight remains on-site. 1.185 agents were on the ground this week to treat the emergent sites, the cemeteries and gullies.
?Our activity principal it is the epidemiologic investigation, explains Julien Thiria, director of the service of disease prevention reinforced (SPR). Because we want to be sure that one has business with isolated and not grouped cases well, as one fears it.?
40% OF THE LARVAL LODGINGS IN THE SOUS-POTS
At the time of their interventions in residence, the technicians take place any to note that the individual efforts against the mosquito are far from being followed by everyone. ?40% of the larval lodgings are in the cups under the pots?, notes Julien Thiria.
The population thus did not adopt yet masses the daily gesture of it to empty its stagnant water reserves. Let us recall that it is enough to three to four days in summer so that the mosquito lays eggs in this kind of containers and becomes adult.
In Cambuston for example this week, 93 larval lodgings were listed on 100 houses. Knowing that one counts on average a hundred larvae per lodging, one can consider that in this district 9.300 larvae soon will transform themselves into adult mosquito if nothing is done.
The need better is included/understood that the agents of the LAV remain mobilized in a number on the ground.
http://archives.clicanoo.com/article.php3?id_article=145109&var_recherche=chikungunya