Costa Rica: Death of Guaymi Indian baby - New Flu Virus?

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Investigating the death of an Indian baby with a sinus infection of porcine origin

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San Jose, Sept. 8 (EFE) .- The health authorities of Costa Rica today confirmed the death of an Indian baby because of an influenza of swine origin, possibly AH1N1 different from that caused a worldwide pandemic.

Costa Rica's Deputy Health Minister, Ana Morice, told Efe that the results performed at the local laboratory "were positive that the girl suffered from swine flu, but has not been defined to be that of the current influenza (AH1N1).

Morice said samples taken from the girl have been sent to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, USA, where they are examined in the coming days and results are expected to be ready next week.

The girl, an ethnic Ngobe (Guaymi), group living in Costa Rica and Panama, died last week in the town of Coto Brus, Puntarenas province, an area near the border between the two countries.

The deputy confirmed that the baby is of Panamanian and Costa Rica had arrived with his parents, who like many Indians working in the coffee harvest.

Health officials also confirmed today the death from influenza A man of 40 who also had diabetes, which are 34 and those killed because of the pandemic, excluding the Indian baby.

In Costa Rica, have already confirmed some 1,200 cases of influenza A.

 

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Re: Death of Indian baby- new swine flu virus?

The translator slightly mangled the first line of the article. It reads "Las autoridades de Salud de Costa Rica confirmaron hoy la muerte de una bebé indígena a causa de una gripe de origen porcino, que posiblemente es diferente a la AH1N1 que ha ocasionado una pandemia mundial.". I translate that as "The health authorities of Cota Rica confirmed today the death of an indigenous baby of a flu of porcine origin, that possibly is different than the H1N1 that has caused a global pandemic".

It is not implying that this virus is an H1N1 - it is just an unsubtypable, and could be any subtype. Hopefully, this baby had contact with an ill pig.

 

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This is likely not good. Someone should send either the first article or this one to ProMed.

http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/septiembre/08/pais2084403.html

The Ministry of Health sent this morning to U.S. samples of indigenous baby eight months who died of influenza of swine origin.

En este caso, el laboratorio nacional no pudo confirmar que la menor sufriera del virus AH1N1, lo que llevó a las autoridades a buscar más análisis fuera del país. In this case, the national laboratory could not confirm that the minor suffered AH1N1 virus, prompting the authorities to seek further analysis outside the country.

“La muestra será analizada por los laboratorios del Centro de Control de Enfermedades (con sede en Atlanta, Estados Unidos)”, dijo Morice. "The sample will be analyzed by the laboratories of the Center for Disease Control (based in Atlanta, USA)," said Morice.

El deceso de esta menor se produjo en el cantón de Coto Brus, en la zona sur, cerca de la frontera con Panamá. The death of this child was in the canton of Coto Brus, in the south, near the border with Panama.

La niña era de la etnia ngobe (guaymí) y se desconoce si es de nacionalidad costarricense o panameña. She was an ethnic Ngobe (Guaymi) and it is unknown if Costa Rican or Panamanian nationality.

 

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Re: Death of Indian baby- new flu virus?

It is clear that this is a flu virus that is not Pandemic H1N1 or any seasonal strain. I don't see how they can know it is of swine origin (as opposed to H5, H7, or H9 bird), unless they know the infant had contact with pigs. Lab results would just show as untypable.

While occasional pig-to-human swine flu cases do occur, fatal ones are almost unheard of.

http://www.nacion.com/ln_ee/2009/septiembre/07/pais2081871.html

WAS SEEN death in Coto Brus
Bebé indígena muere a causa de una gripe similar a la AH1N1 Indian Baby dies from flu similar to AH1N1
Ministra Ávila indica que la menor falleció por una influenza A 'de origen porcino' Avila Minister indicated that the boy died of an influenza A 'of pig origin'
Exámenes se enviarán hoy a laboratorios de Atlanta , EE. Exams today will be sent to laboratories in Atlanta, USA. UU. UU.
Alonso Mata B. | amata@nacion.com Alonso Mata B. | amata@nacion.com
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Una bebé indígena falleció el martes pasado por una gripe similar a la AH1N1, informó la ministra de Salud, María Luisa Ávila. An indigenous baby died last Tuesday with flu similar to AH1N1, said Health Minister Maria Luisa Avila.

Según explicó Ávila, la muerte se produjo por una influenza A de origen porcino. According to Avila said the death was caused by an influenza A of porcine origin.

“Es un caso raro. "It's a rare case. Los resultados efectuados habían sido negativos para la AH1N1, pero, al ser una virus de origen porcino, ya no estamos seguros”, detalló. The results carried out have been negative for AH1N1, but, being a virus of swine origin, because we're not sure, "he noted.

Las muestras obtenidas del cuerpo de la niña se enviarán hoy al Centro de Control de Enfermedades de Atlanta, Estados Unidos, para verificar la causa de la muerte. Samples taken from the girl's body will be sent today to the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, USA, to verify the cause of death.

El deceso se produjo en el Cantón de Coto Brus, en la zona sur, cerca de la frontera con Panamá. The death occurred in the canton of Coto Brus, in the south, near the border with Panama. La niña es de la etnia ngobe (guaymí) y se desconoce si es de nacionalidad costarricense o panameña. She is an ethnic Ngobe (Guaymi) and it is unknown if Costa Rican or Panamanian nationality.

De ratificarse que la muerte se debió a la gripe AH1N1, sería la primera infante en ser víctima mortal del virus en Costa Rica. If ratified that death was due to the flu AH1N1 would be the first infant fatality in the virus in Costa Rica. Las autoridades de Salud han confirmado 33 muertes por dicha gripe. Health officials have confirmed 33 deaths from the flu.

Las edades de las personas fallecidas están entre los 20 y los 79 años. The ages of those killed are between 20 and 79 years. Sin embargo, las tasas de ataque más elevadas se encuentran en los grupos de 5 a 14 años. However, the highest attack rates are in groups of 5 to 14 years.

Recientemente, el Hospital Nacional de Niños atendió a dos bebés en la Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos, pero ambos lograron recuperarse luego de más de dos semanas de necesitar ventilación artificial. Recently, the National Children's Hospital treated two babies in the intensive care unit, but both managed to recover after more than two weeks of needing artificial ventilation.

Alta vulnerabilidad. Pablo Ortiz, director del Área de Salud de Coto Brus, indicó que los indígenas son una población altamente vulnerable a contraer el virus. High vulnerability. Paul Ortiz, director of the Health Area of Coto Brus, said that Indians are a population highly vulnerable to contracting the virus.

Ello se debe a las pobres condiciones de higiene que hay en los lugares donde residen los indígenas ya que padecen desnutrición y enfermedades como parasitosis. This is due to poor hygiene conditions in places where there are resident Indians already suffering from malnutrition and diseases such as parasitosis.

En Coto Brus hay más de 30 casos confirmados de gripe AH1N1; al menos 20 de ellos son indígenas oriundos de ese lugar. In Coto Brus over 30 confirmed cases of influenza AH1N1, at least 20 of them are indigenous natives of that place.

Además, a partir de este mes, miles de indígenas panameños comenzaron a arribar a dicho cantón para trabajar recogiendo café. In addition, beginning this month, thousands of indigenous Panamanians began arriving in that district to work picking coffee.

De hecho, la Caja Costarricense del Seguro Social activó un operativo para prevenir que la población de Coto Brus contraiga la influenza AH1N1. In fact, the Costa Rican Social Security triggered a raid to prevent the population of Coto Brus AH1N1 contract influenza.

Por otra parte, Talamanca, otra región donde hay población indígena, es el cantón más afectado por la gripe AH1N1: 151 casos por cada 100.000 habitantes. Moreover, Talamanca, another region where the indigenous population, the canton is more affected by bird AH1N1: 151 cases per 100,000 population.

 

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Investigan si muerte de ni?a ind?gena en Costa Rica se debe al AH1N1 Investigating whether Indian girl killed in Costa Rica is due to AH1N1 Inicio ? Telenoticias ? Nacionales Home> Telenoticias> National


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? Laboratorio no pudo confirmar que sufriera virus AH1N1, pero es muy probable que se trate de un virus diferente. ? Laboratory could not confirm he suffered AH1N1 virus, but it is very likely to be of a different virus.

? Muertes por influenza llegan a 35 en el pa?s. ? Deaths from influenza reached 35 in the country.

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Actualizado 7:20 pm Updated 7:20 pm
08 de septiembre, 2009 08 of septiembre, 2009

Los fallecidos por la influenza AH1N1 se elevan a 35 en el pa?s, mientras las autoridades de Salud investigan la muerte de una ni?a ind?gena a causa de una gripe de origen porcino. Patients died from influenza AH1N1 rise to 35 in the country, while health authorities are investigating the death of an Indian girl because of an influenza of swine origin.

Las autoridades del Ministerio de Salud confirmaron la muerte de una bebe ind?gena de solo 8 meses a causa de una variante de influenza por el contacto con un cerdo. The Health Ministry officials confirmed the death of an Indian baby only 8 months due to a variant of flu through contact with a pig.

En este caso, el laboratorio nacional no pudo confirmar que sufriera del virus AH1N1, por eso buscan m?s an?lisis fuera del pa?s: se espera que los resultados est?n listos la pr?xima semana. In this case, the national laboratory could not confirm that the virus suffer AH1N1, so look for more tests outside the country: the results are expected to be ready next week.

?Es posible que se trate de un virus del cerdo, pero se refirieron las pruebas a un laboratorio de Atlanta para que se identifique el virus?, explic? Mar?a Luisa ?vila, ministra de Salud. "Maybe it is a pig virus, but evidence pointed to a laboratory in Atlanta for identifying the virus," said Maria Luisa ?vila, Minister of Health.

La ni?a pertenece a la etnia Nobe, Guaym?, grupo que habita en Costa Rica y Panam?, pero las autoridades ticas tratan de comprobar si es tica o paname?a. She belongs to the ethnic Nobe, Guaymi group living in Costa Rica and Panama, but the Costa Rican authorities are trying to check whether or Panamanian tica.

La peque?a hab?a llegado a nuestro pa?s junto con sus padres, que al igual que otros muchos ind?genas trabajan en la recolecci?n de caf?, pero falleci? la semana pasada en Coto Brus. Little had come to our country with their parents, who like many Indians working in the coffee harvest, but he died last week in Coto Brus.

?Estos ind?genas no son ni ticos ni paname?os, pues viven en la frontera de 2 pa?ses y un control es bastante dif?cil?, afirm? ?vila. "These are neither indigenous Panamanians and Costa Ricans, they live on the border of 2 countries and a control is quite difficult," said Avila.

Tambi?n se confirm? el deceso por causa de la gripe AH1N1 de un hombre de 38 a?os que padec?a diabetes. It also confirmed the death due to influenza AH1N1 a 38 year old man who suffered from diabetes.

La v?ctima viv?a en Gu?piles, pero muri? a finales de agosto en el hospital Monse?or Sanabria de Puntarenas. The victim lived in Guapiles, but died in late August Monsignor Sanabria Hospital in Puntarenas.

De esta manera ya suman 34 los fallecidos a causa de la pandemia, sin incluir a la menor ind?gena. In this way, and added 34 the deceased because of the pandemic, excluding the Indian child. De los 1.246 contagiados, 91 pacientes est?n hospitalizados y 9 en cuidados intensivos. Of the 1246 infected, 91 patients hospitalized in intensive care and 9.

 

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Re: Costa Rica: Death of Guaymi Indian baby - New Flu Virus?

google translation of previous post:

Investigating whether Indian girl killed in Costa Rica is due to AH1N1


? Laboratory could not confirm he suffered AH1N1 virus, but it is very likely to be of a different virus.

? Deaths from influenza reached 35 in the country.

Kattia Gomez

08 of septiembre, 2009

Patients died from influenza AH1N1 rise to 35 in the country, while health authorities are investigating the death of an Indian girl because of an influenza of swine origin.

The Health Ministry officials confirmed the death of an Indian baby only 8 months due to a variant of flu through contact with a pig.

In this case, the national laboratory could not confirm that the virus suffer AH1N1, so look for more tests outside the country: the results are expected to be ready next week.

"Maybe it is a pig virus, but evidence pointed to a laboratory in Atlanta for identifying the virus," said Maria Luisa ?vila, Minister of Health.

She belongs to the ethnic Nobe, Guaymi group living in Costa Rica and Panama, but the Costa Rican authorities are trying to check whether or Panamanian tica.

Little had come to our country with their parents, who like many Indians working in the coffee harvest, but he died last week in Coto Brus.

"These are neither indigenous Panamanians and Costa Ricans, they live on the border of 2 countries and a control is quite difficult," said Avila.

It also confirmed the death due to influenza AH1N1 a 38 year old man who suffered from diabetes.

The victim lived in Guapiles, but died in late August Monsignor Sanabria Hospital in Puntarenas.

In this way, and added 34 the deceased because of the pandemic, excluding the Indian child. Of the 1246 infected, 91 patients hospitalized in intensive care and 9.

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Prensa Latina is a notoriously sloppy source, but it is now counting this infant as a Pandemic H1N1 death, not a novel virus.

http://www.prensa-latina.cu/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=115587&Itemid=1

Aumentan a 35 muertos por influenza en Costa Rica
miércoles, 09 de septiembre de 2009

09 de septiembre de 2009, 14:18San José, 9 sep (PL) A 35 se elevan hoy los muertos por la gripe A (H1N1) en Costa Rica, según lo confirmó la ministra de Salud, María Luisa Ávila, quien hizo un llamado a incrementar las medidas preventivas.

Los fallecidos más recientes son un bebé indígena procedente de la zona de Coto Brus y un hombre de 38 años que padecía de diabetes, precisó la funcionaria.

Desde que se detectó aquí el virus se han realizado ocho mil 840 pruebas a personas sospechosas de contraer la enfermedad, de las cuales mil 246 dieron positivas.

Ávila reconoció que han tenido que priorizar exámenes porque los recursos no son suficientes para la cantidad de casos por atender.

La ministra recomendó incrementar las medidas higiénicas a fin de evitar la propagación del mal, y reiteró la exhortación a las personas enfermas o con síntomas a permanecer en sus casas para no contagiar a otras.

El país podría adquirir la vacuna contra la influenza a fines de enero, pero la inmunización comenzará por los grupos de mayor riesgo, como los trabajadores sanitarios, las embarazadas, los enfermos crónicos y los niños.


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Increase to 35 deaths from influenza in Costa Rica
miércoles, 09 of septiembre of 2009

09 of September 2009, 14:18 San Jose, Sep 9 (Prensa Latina) 35 today raise the dead by the influenza A (H1N1) in Costa Rica, as confirmed by Health Minister Maria Luisa Avila, who called to increase preventive measures.

The latest deaths are an Indian child from the area of Coto Brus and a man aged 38 who suffered from diabetes, said the official.

Since the virus was detected here have been 840 tests eight thousand people suspected of contracting the disease, of which 246 thousand were positive.

Avila acknowledged that tests have had to prioritize because resources are not sufficient for the number of cases to be addressed.

The minister recommended increased hygienic measures to prevent the spread of evil, and reiterated the call for the ill or with symptoms to stay home to avoid infecting others.

The country could acquire influenza vaccine in late January, but immunization begin with the highest risk groups, such as health workers, pregnant women, chronically ill and children.