Re: Argentina - Second H1N1 fatal victim reported - Third suspected
Another third suspect H1N1 fatality: a 9 yo girl who had meningitis, suspected H1N1.
The second confirmed death from influenza A in a third country and analyzed death
Investigating whether a child of nine years who suffered from meningitis died from the virus.
The other case was a young man who had received a bone marrow transplant.
CLAUDIO ZIN. Health Minister bonaerense confirmed the death of the young. Image taken from www. PORTALBA.COM.AR
BUENOS AIRES .- The Minister of Health of Buenos Aires, Claudio Zin, confirmed today that a young man of 28 years who had received a bone marrow transplant and was "immunosuppressed", died suffering from influenza A (N1H1).
The official explained that the young man, nine years earlier had received a bone marrow transplant, and it was a patient immunosuppressed very severe. "
In this regard, told the news channel C5N that "when a person must depress the transplanted system defenses, making it more vulnerable to agents that can cause disease."
With the death of this young man rose to two fatal cases of influenza A in Argentina, as the authorities yesterday reported the death of a baby of three months from this disease.
In addition, the Health Minister Graciela Ocana, admitted today that the influenza virus A (H1N1) is "coming to the second string" of Buenos Aires as "a movement that is more community and confirmed that it is" investigating " causes of infection of the baby who died of swine flu.
Ocaña, who again called on society to "not panic", reported that by now there are 733 confirmed cases in Argentina and four patients in intensive care with respiratory support. "
Finally, the director of the Higher Institute of Health Sciences, Santa Maria Claudio, predicted that Argentina is "before the initial wave of flu and warned that" can be much more serious when it comes to the second string of suburbs. "
In this regard, Ocaña said that "is coming to the second string, because there is a community movement that has nothing to do with people outside schools or in cases with cases of contact with passengers."
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