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ECDC confirmed 6 cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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26/06/2014
West Nile virus arrived in RS?
SARAJEVO - Institute of Public Health (IZJZ) RS reported seven patients with suspected West Nile fever, it was confirmed today from that institution.
It is a virus that in humans, after it infects a mosquito, can cause death, and the RS IZJZ say that two patients have more severe clinical picture, while five of them were from less severe, and are discharged home.
"Most patients are middle-aged. According to the definition of the European Centre for Disease Control, the final diagnosis should be made and confirmatory testing, which is not in the RS", proclaimed the Milka Mrđa, spokesman IZJZ.
As we learn, among patients who are suspected to have been infected with this virus is a young man from Banja Luka, who, thankfully, recovered.
"It's about a young male person who had mild symptoms of the disease, and has successfully cured," said Mirjana Miljkovic, Chief Hygienic-epidemiological service of the Health Banja Luka.
As she added, comes to a young man who is five to ten days before the first symptoms, participated in cleaning flooded areas in Doboj and Bijeljina, and had symptoms similar to the flu: fever, headache, pain in bones and muscles.
When it comes to the Brcko district, are not yet logged in patients suspected to have the virus, but are experts in preparedness and in particular their concerns a large number of mosquitoes.
"We work a lot on spraying mosquitoes, of which there are many. Thus, it is possible that in our patients with the appearance of this virus," confirmed Mirjana Kuzmanovic, a specialist epidemiologist at the Health Center of Brcko.
Read more: Nezavisne
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ECDC confirmed 6 cases in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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computertranslation
26/06/2014
West Nile virus arrived in RS?
SARAJEVO - Institute of Public Health (IZJZ) RS reported seven patients with suspected West Nile fever, it was confirmed today from that institution.
It is a virus that in humans, after it infects a mosquito, can cause death, and the RS IZJZ say that two patients have more severe clinical picture, while five of them were from less severe, and are discharged home.
"Most patients are middle-aged. According to the definition of the European Centre for Disease Control, the final diagnosis should be made and confirmatory testing, which is not in the RS", proclaimed the Milka Mrđa, spokesman IZJZ.
As we learn, among patients who are suspected to have been infected with this virus is a young man from Banja Luka, who, thankfully, recovered.
"It's about a young male person who had mild symptoms of the disease, and has successfully cured," said Mirjana Miljkovic, Chief Hygienic-epidemiological service of the Health Banja Luka.
As she added, comes to a young man who is five to ten days before the first symptoms, participated in cleaning flooded areas in Doboj and Bijeljina, and had symptoms similar to the flu: fever, headache, pain in bones and muscles.
When it comes to the Brcko district, are not yet logged in patients suspected to have the virus, but are experts in preparedness and in particular their concerns a large number of mosquitoes.
"We work a lot on spraying mosquitoes, of which there are many. Thus, it is possible that in our patients with the appearance of this virus," confirmed Mirjana Kuzmanovic, a specialist epidemiologist at the Health Center of Brcko.
Read more: Nezavisne
worldatlas
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