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Chile experts say exceeds the 2335 swine flu cases
The Associated Press
SANTIAGO DE CHILE - Chile in 2335 is officially infected by human influenza, but according to experts the real figure is over 21,000 cases and increase in the coming weeks.
"For every confirmed case, I estimate that between eight to 10 infected circulating," said director of the Clinical Hospital of the Catholic University, Carlos Perez, in statements published Sunday by the newspaper El Mercurio.
The Ministry of Health (Minsal) admitted in the week in addition to confirmed cases, there is "an unknown number of cases."
The government has bought 1.45 million doses of antiviral drugs to fight disease.
With 2335 cases reported officially until Friday, including two deaths, Chile is the most infected country in South America recorded and the fourth worldwide.
"But that figure is still important, other than to scrutinize the behavior of the virus," said Perez.
A public health facilities and private attending hundreds of people with symptoms of influenza A H1N1, but it was left to diagnose all the specific examination to detect the virus, whose initials are PCR.
"There are people who are consulting in emergency services of hospitals and clinics, which are cases that do not require laboratory confirmation, according to the guide-Minsal clinic and are not considered in the previously reported figure," said a Ministry El Mercurio.
The epidemiologist DABANCH Jeannette, advises the Minsal said "when we see that (the virus of influenza in human) was the main circulating virus in patients older than five years and that there was 90% concordance between clinical diagnosis and confirmation via PCR The test was no longer important ... to start screening patients only serious ".
He added that the PCR test is also very expensive. "
Private health care centers are required to report diagnosed cases to Minsal.
"The Ministry does not want to hide these data, the problem is not yet tabulated the information," said DABANCH.
Chile experts say exceeds the 2335 swine flu cases
The Associated Press
SANTIAGO DE CHILE - Chile in 2335 is officially infected by human influenza, but according to experts the real figure is over 21,000 cases and increase in the coming weeks.
"For every confirmed case, I estimate that between eight to 10 infected circulating," said director of the Clinical Hospital of the Catholic University, Carlos Perez, in statements published Sunday by the newspaper El Mercurio.
The Ministry of Health (Minsal) admitted in the week in addition to confirmed cases, there is "an unknown number of cases."
The government has bought 1.45 million doses of antiviral drugs to fight disease.
With 2335 cases reported officially until Friday, including two deaths, Chile is the most infected country in South America recorded and the fourth worldwide.
"But that figure is still important, other than to scrutinize the behavior of the virus," said Perez.
A public health facilities and private attending hundreds of people with symptoms of influenza A H1N1, but it was left to diagnose all the specific examination to detect the virus, whose initials are PCR.
"There are people who are consulting in emergency services of hospitals and clinics, which are cases that do not require laboratory confirmation, according to the guide-Minsal clinic and are not considered in the previously reported figure," said a Ministry El Mercurio.
The epidemiologist DABANCH Jeannette, advises the Minsal said "when we see that (the virus of influenza in human) was the main circulating virus in patients older than five years and that there was 90% concordance between clinical diagnosis and confirmation via PCR The test was no longer important ... to start screening patients only serious ".
He added that the PCR test is also very expensive. "
Private health care centers are required to report diagnosed cases to Minsal.
"The Ministry does not want to hide these data, the problem is not yet tabulated the information," said DABANCH.