Funasa confirmed case of Influenza A Yanomami indigenous ethnic group in the AM

[Shiloh]

Source: http://portalamazonia.globo.com/pscript/noticias/noticias.php?idN=98423

Google translation:

Funasa confirmed case of Influenza A Yanomami indigenous ethnic group in the AM

05 of the list january 2010

Source: Portal Amaz?nia, with information Funasa

Manaus - The National Health Foundation (FUNASA), the executive body under the Ministry of Health announced today (05), in a statement, it was found that there was a first suspected case this year, avian influenza A (H1N1) in a Yanomami indigenous ethnic group in the state of Amazonas. The disease has not been confirmed by laboratory testing since test results should be known only on Friday (08).

The suspected case is that of a male child, 10 years old, belonging to a community located about 100 kilometers from the city of Santa Isabel do Rio Negro (to 632 km from Manaus).

The minor was removed on Sunday (03), by a helicopter chartered by the Regional Coordination Funasa in Roraima (Core / RR) and transported to Santa Isabel, where he was admitted to the Joint Unit of Santa Isabel do Rio Negro.

According to information from hospital doctors and staff of Indian health Funasa accompanying the child, there is no risk of death. The child is medicated, is doing well and should be under observation for an indefinite period. The material collected was sent to Manaus for analysis.

Suspicion

The suspicion is that the child has acquired the virus during a trip to Santa Isabel do Rio Negro. To assist in the investigation of a possible outbreak of the disease, a team of Health Department of the State of Amazonas (Susam) went to the city to take more medications and monitor the case.

Also on Tuesday (05), several health professionals, including the Funasa, were meeting to plan strategies for controlling the H1N1 virus in the city. In this case I suspect, there are only two reports of disease, laboratory confirmed in late December 2009, between the Indian ethnicity. There are two adult males, both 28 years and also the same village near Santa Isabel. (JK)

 

[kiwibird]

Re: Funasa confirmed case of Influenza A Yanomami indigenous ethnic group in the AM

Brazil monitors suspected A/H1N1 flu cases among Indians
www.chinaview.cn 2010-01-09 12:24:25 Print

BRASILIA, Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- A medical team was sent to monitor suspected cases of A/H1N1 flu in an indigenous region in Brazil's Amazonas state, it is reported.

The decision was made after a 10-year-old Indian boy from a village of the Yanomami ethnic group in the Santa Isabel do Rio Negro region had to be hospitalized with serious flu symptoms.

The National Health Foundation also reported two other flu cases in the same village.

Sizinando Pontes, an official from the Indigenous Health District, said local residents were concerned about an outbreak ofA/H1N1 flu in the region.

The virus is feared to have been brought in by local health staff, who worked in another Yanomami community on the Brazil-Venezuela border for an A/H1N1 flu outbreak in October and November last year, said Pontes.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2010-01/09/content_12780868.htm