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Tracking cases of influenza A in Bolivia

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Oruro registers 38 positive cases of flu A-H1N1 up to the date


The Director of the Departmental Service of Health, Roberto Amusquivar affirmed yesterday the record of 38 positive cases of the influenza A-H1N1 brought the National Institute of Laboratories of Health of La Paz. ? Up to the date, in accordance with the report of the unit of epidemiolog?a of our institution we have brought 38 cases of the flu A-H1N1 in our department. Last week we had 26 cases registered until Friday and during the weekend up to today (yesterday), the positive cases are 12 doing a whole of 38 in the department ?, told Amusquivar. The Person in charge of Alertness of the Unit of Epidemiolog?a of the Head offices, Waldo Rozo Branch indicated that in the department 111 possible cases of the influenza have been studied giving positives to the date 38 cases, included that of the deceased young man, ? the majority regrettably has appeared in our city, now we continue with the work of prevention, it is necessary to point out that also we have suspicious cases in the rural area and in Huanuni who are studied by laboratory ? .A Authorities of health, of education and family parents have being employed at the control and preventive measurements related to three implemented filters the present management,
the first "familiar" filter must be controlled for the family parents if the child presents a respiratory illness or with the symptoms of influenza, the dads must prevent from going to the school, the second "school" filter that it must be supervised for the directors and teachers to the revenue to the educational units to avoid the students' revenue with some symptom of the flu A-H1N1 and the third filter ? in the classroom ? before the possibility that the child falls ill in the school will have to be identified for the teacher who must proceed to isolate it of other students and summon his parents. It is recommended to bear in mind the wash of hands, the use of alcohol in gel and not to be present at heaped places of persons to avoid the contagion, the director of the Head offices specified.

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Oruro registers 41 positive cases of flu A-H1N1

Authorities of the Head offices confirm that more cases of flu A-H1N1 in Oruro Yesterday authorities of health in press conference confirmed three new cases of the flu A-H1N1 in the department registering to the date 41 positive cases in the present management. The person in charge of the Unit of Epidemiolog?a of the Departmental Service of Health, Herlinda Huayta said that ? of 118 cases studied by laboratory there have been brought 41 positive cases of the flu A-H1N1, fortunately the majority of the confirmed cases are receiving the respective treatment and his rehabilitation is favorable and complications are not demonstrated seeing that this virulence to diminished in Oruro ? .Los new positive cases are stable and with improvement realizing the corresponding monitoring who have received the prophylactic and preventive treatment and again the treatment has being realized with the "tamifl?" every twelve hours, indicated Huayta. Other brought cases have finished with his treatment and they are recovered being unrolled in his normal activities.
The Person in charge of Alertness, Waldo Rozo Branch said ? we have to go so far as to coexist with this new virus in the monitorings realized in different hearths for example the biggest brother gives positive and the negative minor and this way successively, with these scientific bases we indicate to the population that the fear of this virus must not already exist since we are provided with the treatment and the vaccine ? .De I match to statistical corresponding information from the past management not all the persons are capable to contracting the illness, first the parameters must happen so that a person contracts the evil. Of 50 thousand doses that the Extended Program of Immunization requested to the Department of Health for Oruro they got ready only of 20 thousand doses of vaccination against the flu A-H1N1 that will be applied to major of six months of age. IRAsEn the epidemiologic week 34 the cases of respiratory sharp infections Anger has increased 5.857 existing 726 new cases. ? Realizing the monitoring in the different centers of health we have demonstrated the gradual increase during these weeks of the respiratory sharp infections in the department, now the groups are compromised etareos from 21 to 59 years, but also it affects our student group ?, told the person in charge of the Unit of Epidemiolog?a of the Head offices.

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http://www.lostiempos.com/diario/ac...s-de-gripe-a-en-la-alcaldia_88131_168923.html

Two confirmed cases of influenza A at City Hall
On Writing Central | - The Times - 04/09/2010

City officials work with surgical masks. - Carlos Lopez Gamboa Times

After the alarm generated two days ago that supposedly five officials of the Department of Planning of the Municipality of Cochabamba would have been infected with influenza A, the Department of Epidemiology of the Departmental Service of Health (Headquarters) yesterday confirmed the presence of H1N1 in only two officials and ruled out other suspects.



However, despite the isolation of confirmed, officials of all departments in the city attending to work with chinstrap posts.



The head of epidemiology at the Headquarters, Efrain Vallejo, said that each day the number of suspects in the Llajta increases due to increased respiratory infections (ARI) caused by environmental pollution because of the recent fires in the park chaqueo Tunari and in the provinces and other departments.



In August the wrath amounted to seven thousand cases. The infection has increased and is often mistaken for influenza A, is the type B influenza, according to medical explanation, even sicker cause instability due to the current climate. In the case of H1N1 in Cochabamba, has officially registered 61 confirmed cases and 300 suspects.



However, the chief of epidemiology asked the public not to be alarmed by these figures and take the necessary precautions as if it were any other flu. Of these, one must remember that people do not sneeze in public and in doing so to cover their mouths with the forearm and not with the palms of the hand. First, the population should increase consumption of water and natural juices, and dress in a manner consistent with changes in temperature. On the other hand, the reference laboratory of the venues performed 4-5 trials to date, only the most critical cases for the cost of reagents.
 
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Oruro: 3 new cases

"According to the lab report (Thursday) 3 new cases were confirmed positive for influenza A-H1N1 currently adding 44 in our department, we are waiting for other samples on this disease," said the unit responsible for Epidemiology of the Departmental Service of Health, Herlinda Huayta.A departmental level have been taken to date 128 samples, of which 44 were positive, 74 have tested negative and is awaiting confirmation from other five cases are currently under study in City INLASA The Paz.El report last Wednesday given by the health institution, resulted in 41 positive cases in Oruro, the day Thursday three new cases were confirmed positive, accounting for 44 currently tested in the department. " We continue to epidemiological surveillance at the departmental level, we also continue to work in health centers and educational units, we asked people if they feel any symptoms of the virus in their health, to attend immediately to the nearest health center for care and avoid self-medication that impairs the recovery and timely patient care, "the responsible Sedes.Se Epidemiology reported two people infected by the virus A-H1N1, were given a medical discharge from Hospital San Juan de Dios ayer.La day health authority said that 50 000 doses of flu vaccine sent by the Ministry of Health and Sports last week are distributed to referral centers and health, to combat this disease.

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59 positive cases of Flu A-H1N1 in the city


The person in charge of the Unit of Epidemiolog?a of the Departmental Service of Health, Herlinda Huayta confirmed to THE HOMELAND the record of 59 positive cases of the flu A-H1N1 to the date, corresponding to the urban area. The positive cases of the flu A-H1N1 registered correspond to the city where they presented the majority to themselves in the north zone. In accordance with the report of health in the rural area positive cases have not registered up to the moment. ? They are 147 clinical cases studied in the laboratory of Inlasa of La Paz, of which they confirm to us up to the date 59 positive cases of the influenza A-H1N1 and the rest of the studied cases are a normal influenza (it cooled commonly) having 70 %, we evaluate the situation and see that the majority of the cases have answered to the treatment and are in recovery ?, he told Huayta. Of the last positive cases they meet home treatment and five are interned in the hospital general San Juan of God, with treatment of pre discharge. The influenza A-H1N1 is detected by us by means of tests of laboratory and treatment that are realized in the centers of health and hospitals of reference, ? for instructions of the Department of Health and Sports now we realize the treatment as a seasonal influenza,
since the patients recover his state, but with a lot of care in patients who have some chronic illness, diabetes, hypertension, asthma, minor children and adults older than 60 years ? it indicated the authority of health. The Departmental Service of Health suggested to the educational authorities of the department, to recapture the school schedule from next week for to be demonstrated the decrease of the respiratory sharp infections with a more benign climate.

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Spanish to English translation
Pregnant woman dies of H1N1
LA PAZ - A Bolivian woman of 24 who was 15 weeks pregnant, died Friday due to the H1N1 flu in the City of Oruro (southeast), according to the Departmental Service of Health (Headquarters) of that city.
by AFP


" She was 24 and was diagnosed with typical pneumonia, the flu, H1N1, a disease that apparently had obtained seven days ago. She was with a pregnancy of 15 weeks, "he told local media, Arminda Huayta, head of the Epidemiology Unit Headquarters in Oruro.

The woman was hospitalized last week in the General Hospital of Oruro, where he died, he said Huayta.

Bolivia reported so far in 2010 a total of 31 confirmed cases of H1N1, including 22 in the department of La Paz.

Between May 2009, date on which appeared the first case of H1N1 flu in Bolivia, until December of that year were registered in the country more than two thousand cases and 60 deaths due to wrong.
September 11, 2010 12:32
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Oruro recorded 60 positive cases of 156 A-H1N1 clinical cases seen to date
Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - Oruro - Regional
THE NATION

Venues Authority confirms progress of influenza A-H1N1
In the department of Oruro of 156 clinical cases treated against influenza A-H1N1 this demarche by the Departmental Health Service (Headquarters), 60 have been confirmed by laboratory INLASA of La Paz as positive cases, seven are in the process of confirmation and 89 are considered common cold.

The head of the Epidemiology Unit of the Headquarters, said that "according to the data we handle most cases of H1N1 influenza A management-2010 have been recorded in the north of the city and some in the central zone, a fact which should be taken into account by the population and health personnel for prevention, according to the records we have in rural areas still have not registered any cases of this disease. "

The second campaign of vaccination against influenza A-H1N1 began in August, the department ended Sept. 16, health centers and referral hospitals are eligible for immunization of persons who have not been vaccinated against this virus.

Positive cases should be clarified that only 4 are admitted to the Hospital General San Juan de Dios with specific treatment, the rest are restored, "said Huayta.

The health authority said the patient died last week, was not vaccinated "people recommend pregnant again and people who have some commitment to their immunity status, and fall between the extremes of age (children and elderly) and some who have some underlying condition, go to the reference centers for vaccination.
 
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Bolivia reports 25 deaths from A/H1N1 flu in 2010

English.news.cn 2010-09-16 15:22:24

LA PAZ, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- About 25 people have died of A/H1N1 influenza in Bolivia so far in 2010 while the number of reported cases continues to decline each week, the Health Ministry said Wednesday.

Because a low number of cases -- 1,447 -- have been reported this year, the flu was expected to disappear in Bolivia by November, said Rene Barrientos, epidemiology director of the La Paz health department.

From May to December of 2009, 2,352 flu cases with 59 deaths were reported in the departments of La Paz, Santa Cruz, Potosi, Oruro, Chuquisaca and Tarija.

The ministry also said the city of El Alto had the highest mortality rate with five deaths.

The A/H1N1 flu in Bolivia is now a seasonal illness directly related to the cold seasons, said Rene Lennis, epidemiology director of the Health Ministry.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/health/2010-09/16/c_13515070.htm
 
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http://www.fmbolivia.com.bo/noticia...as-de-500-casos-positivos-de-gripe-ah1n1.html

Spanish to English translation

Epidemiology 500 confirmed positive cases of influenza A/H1N1
September 22, 2010, 6:33

La Paz - Bolivia .- The national chief of Epidemiology, Ren? Lenis, said yesterday 500 chips epidemiological positive for influenza A/H1N1 in the country, undertaken in recent weeks. The department of La Paz is the most affected with the highest number of positive cases and deaths presented.



Influenza A quietly moving, because from January to September of the current administration, there were over a thousand suspected cases, but still not exceed the figures of 2009, when people did not know in depth the risks and implications of this disease, then determined as a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO)



In that sense, Lenis said in recent weeks, 500 cases were confirmed positive to the list of the disease, the total since the beginning of the year, had 13 deaths. Of that total, one for the department of Santa Cruz, two to Cochabamba, Oruro and two to eight in the department of La Paz, taking into account that are five cases to the city of El Alto.



Within this framework, the department more vulnerable to infection with influenza A/H1N1 is La Paz, accordingly recommended that people Lenis La Paz implement contingency measures in the use of alcohol gel, handwashing and avoiding go to crowded places.



"The recommendation is especially for people with chronic basis, who are more likely to worsen the clinical picture, we ask them to attend promptly to a health center to prevent fatal outcomes," said National Chief of Epidemiology.



Also, Lenis recalled that the country still have more than 50,000 vaccinations for the general population are immunized against influenza A/H1N1.
The Journal
 
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Oruro registered 4 new positive cases of influenza A-H1N1

During the present week, the Departmental Service of Health confirmed four new cases of the flu A-H1N1, adding 72 the confirmed cases the present management, attended in the General hospital ? Saint John of God ? .Los four cases confirmed by laboratory of National Institute of Laboratories of Health (Inlasa), of the city of La Paz, they meet specific treatment and they are attended by professionals of health. The majority of the positive cases of this illness at departmental level register in the ages from 21 years to 50, in accordance with the report of the Departmental Service of Health. At present a person is interned in the Working Hospital, two persons interned in the General Hospital ? Saint John of God ? and the fourth one meets specific treatment. There for is waited the result of two possible cases of the flu A-H1N1, derivatives for his analysis to Inlasa of La Paz, this week. The majority of the positive cases registered in the north zone and the central zone of our city, up to the date in the rural area there is no case of this illness. The immunization against this illness develops only in the city in 13 centers of health and hospitals of reference, where the personnel of health realizes the vaccination of free form.

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Spanish to English translation

Acute respiratory infections affect vulnerable age

? In epidemiological week 38, children 1 to 4 years and over 60 were most affected

Saturday, 2 octube 2010 - Oruro - Regional
THE NATION

Herlinda Huayta
"In our comparative tables shows the decline in acute respiratory infections (ARI) in the student population, but what concerns us and striking is the increase in our ages are more vulnerable than the extremes of life, we can say of the age groups 1 to 4 years and 60 years ahead, "said the director of the department of epidemiology at the Department of Health Services, Herlinda Huayta.

The complications of pneumonia presented to date are up 1% of the 141 cases reported to date, representing 4%, with an ascent of the last 24 cases of this week. In the above cases, 14 correspond to the ages of 5 to 9 years old, a fact that draws attention since the previous report did not register any case in that group.

Departmental Health Service, maintains control and monitoring the population in the ages of 1 to 4 years, by the health centers and referral hospitals have been verified by a significant increase in cases of IRAs.

A-H1N1 INFLUENZA CASES

According to the report of the Epidemiology Unit of the Headquarters, the present management has recorded 73 positive cases of influenza A-H1N1 in the department, of the 188 cases studied by the lab INLASA.

On Tuesday came the last positive influenza A-H1N1, a student of five years old from a school in the central area of the city.
 
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Two new positive cases of influenza A-H1N1

Friday, August of octube 2010 - Oruro - Regional
THE NATION

EPI representative Ruth Frias
Epidemiology Unit under the Department of Health Services (Headquarters) confirmed yesterday two new positive cases of influenza A-H1N1 in elderly males.

The information was confirmed on the laboratory test and the two people are now admitted to the General Hospital "San Juan de Dios." One of those affected with this disease is 57 years old and the second person 30 years.

To date in the department of Oruro have studied 179 cases of people who showed symptoms of influenza A-H1N1, having recorded 76 confirmed and 3 cases are pending laboratory results that are practiced in the National Institute Health Laboratories (INLASA) from La Paz.

IRAs

Meanwhile Acute Respiratory Infections (ARI), in epidemiological week 39, showed a considerable decrease in the age groups except under 1 year.

The complications of pneumonia had the same tendency in the week ending is, a total of 91 cases that reflect a significant decrease compared to the previous where 141 cases were recorded.

Headquarters officials recommend people to continue with the security measures in the homes, in educational institutions and health centers to avoid possible infection. People if they have any symptoms should seek immediate medical care centers, to avoid further complications.

However, according to the report of the National Service of Meteorology and Hydrology (Senamhi), is forecast a strong cold wave from the Republic of Argentina.

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http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=229466&Itemid=1

Spanish to English translation

Fifth confirmed case of influenza A H1N1 in Bolivia
Saturday, October 16, 2010

October 16, 2010, 10:59 La Paz, Oct 16 (Prensa Latina) The National Center of Tropical Diseases in Bolivia now the fifth confirmed case of influenza A (H1N1), all in the eastern department of Santa Cruz.

Four of those affected live in the capital city of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and one in Trinidad, near the Rio Mamore, said the head of Epidemiology Department of Health Services, Roberto Torrez.

According to the regional daily El Deber, in its online edition Saturday, the last patient contracted the disease by contagion in the family, so it alerted the public to observe proper precaution against viruses.

The patient is the sister of a twenty yr old victim of the pandemic in the week ending was positive with your baby, six months.

Both are safe and therefore, remain in their homes under monitoring, Torrez said.

Data from the World Health Organization reflect 29,669 confirmed cases of influenza A (H1N1) and hundreds of deaths worldwide, since it appeared and was expanded in March 2009.

In the U.S. alone, between April and November of that year, spread to nearly 50 million people and caused the deaths of more than 10,000, as confirmed in just one year 32 thousand 233 people and infected 72,000 in Mexico.

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26 percent lower the cases of influenza A (H1N1) in Bolivia from 2009

Cases of influenza A (H1N1) decreased from January to October by 26 percent in Bolivia, compared to the same period last year, on 21 the Ministry of Health of the Andean country.

The Epidemiology Unit of the Ministry of Health and Sports, explained in an institutional report in 2009 in Bolivia there were a total of 2,352 confirmed cases of the new H1N1 virus.

In contrast, in 2010, from January to October 19, the number of cases dropped to 610, equivalent to 26 percent.

The head of Epidemiology, Ren? Lennis, further explained that 79 percent of the cases reported in 2010 are in the municipalities of La Paz, El Alto and Cochabamba.

The report noted that of the 610 cases in Bolivia, 244 correspond to the municipality of La Paz, 136 Cochabamba, 102 to El Alto, Oruro 89 to 29, Santa Cruz, 5 to Potosi, 3 to Trinidad (Beni), and 2 Tarija.

Pando is the only department that has not reported any confirmed cases of H1N1.

The figure of 610 cases in 2010 tends to consolidate, because according Lennis, in recent weeks markedly decreased cases, that because the A (H1N1) disease became more seasonal, the winter season.

"I'm sure will be introduced from time to time some cases, but particularly in the cold season, a so-called seasonal influenza A because it increases more in a given season," he said.

According Lennis, in most cases, the patient did not receive antiviral treatment (with the drug oseltamivir) and has evolved positively.

The utmost care should have it with people who already have a disease or chronic illness, heart or lungs, or diabetes, obesity, cancer or any disease that produces a decrease in the body's defenses.

The authority also reported that in 2010 there were 13 deaths due to the presence of the H1N1 virus.

In almost all cases involved persons with underlying disease, so that the new influenza vaccination was directed mainly to three risk groups: pregnant women, people with chronic diseases and health personnel.

Health Authority assessed that there was a good response to vaccination campaigns, which resulted in lowering the rate of people affected with flu A (H1N1). (Xinhua)
22/10/2010
 
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At departmental level in accordance with the report of the Unit and Epidemiolog?a of the Departmental Service of Health, a light ascent of 120 persons registered with Respiratory Sharp Infections (Anger) in the week 41. In this week we have observed with worry that it continues the complications in the ages from 1 to 4 years, from what we recommend that in this group major control should exist on the part of the personnel of health and also on the part of the family parents, told the person in charge of the Unit of Epidemiolog?a, Herlinda Huayta. In the epidemiologic week 40 3.961 cases of Anger registered, having a descent at departmental level, in the present week 41 an ascent of Anger registered to 4.081, representing an increase of 120 cases of Anger.
? this is due to the fact that the coverages of our centers of health come to 87 % ?, indicated the authority of health.

FLU A-H1N1

Con relation to the increase of the positive cases of the flu A-H1N1, the unit of Epidemiolog?a confirmed a new case registered yesterday, in an inpatient in a hospital of our capital and in accordance with the report it will be given of discharge once finish his treatment. The previous positive cases with the influenza (82), they are out of danger redeeming his activities with normality, as soon as the specific treatment was developed.

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