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Investigate first suspected case in Uruguay by the "virus of pain"
The Ministry of Health is monitoring the status of a patient with symptoms of chikungunya, one transmitted by the same mosquito dengue virus. The African disease is 300 years old but is new to the region.
GABRIELA CORTIZAS Sat Aug 16 2014
The Ministry of Public Health received in recent days the first notification of a suspected case of chikungunya fever, a virus that causes fever and severe joint pain, among other symptoms.
This is a non-indigenous case-the patient was not infected in Uruguay and it is not yet confirmed.
Public Health sent to a lab international patient samples to determine if indeed it is chikungunya or other disease.
The last days ran several rumors of suspected cases which were dismissed by the Ministry of Health.
"We sent samples abroad because Uruguay does not have the necessary reagents to detect the virus," he told El País a source from the Ministry of Public Health.
The next week the portfolio import these reagents to use in case another patient appears suspicious.
More: El Pais
Investigate first suspected case in Uruguay by the "virus of pain"
The Ministry of Health is monitoring the status of a patient with symptoms of chikungunya, one transmitted by the same mosquito dengue virus. The African disease is 300 years old but is new to the region.
GABRIELA CORTIZAS Sat Aug 16 2014
The Ministry of Public Health received in recent days the first notification of a suspected case of chikungunya fever, a virus that causes fever and severe joint pain, among other symptoms.
This is a non-indigenous case-the patient was not infected in Uruguay and it is not yet confirmed.
Public Health sent to a lab international patient samples to determine if indeed it is chikungunya or other disease.
The last days ran several rumors of suspected cases which were dismissed by the Ministry of Health.
"We sent samples abroad because Uruguay does not have the necessary reagents to detect the virus," he told El País a source from the Ministry of Public Health.
The next week the portfolio import these reagents to use in case another patient appears suspicious.
More: El Pais