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Source: http://www.correiobraziliense.com.b...S+DE+GRIPE+SUINA+EM+ALDEIAS+DO+AMAZONAS.shtml
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Government carries out monitoring of cases of swine flu in villages in the Amazon
Agency Brazil
Published: 12/01/2010 20:11
Manaus - Report by the medical team deployed by the Foundation for Health Surveillance (FVS) and the National Health Foundation (FUNASA) to examine the progression of influenza A (H1N1) - swine flu in indigenous Yanomami villages, located in the region of municipality of Santa Isabel do Rio Negro (AM), shows that despite the increase in cases of flu-like illness, there is no record of new cases or deaths.
This year, two adult males of the same village were diagnosed positive for the disease. A boy of 10 years underwent laboratory tests and is awaiting the outcome of the review procedure to be presented in coming days. The boy belongs to a community 100 kilometers from Santa Isabel do Rio Negro.
The team of SVM and Funasa visited the region at the end of last week and also made assessment of the health status of indigenous people living in that area. The group also advised communities on the treatment and prevention of disease. The team carried out the collection of material between the residents in the villages that was sent to the Evandro Chagas Institute. The results were not disclosed.
In the assessment of health professionals who were in the town of Santa Isabel and villages in nearby areas, there are two possible reasons why the entry of the virus transmitting swine influenza in the area inhabited by indigenous people.
The first refers to the fact that the two men infected incorporated last November, a group of 30 Indians who were in the town to participate in training offered by Funasa. They may have contracted the disease during this period. Another possibility is contamination by indigenous people themselves who usually pass the region, including the border with Venezuela, where they also live Yanomami indigenous ethnic group. The neighbor had in 2009 an outbreak of the disease and reported, including deaths among Indians.
According Funasa, approximately 18 thousand Yanomami live in the area including the border region of Venezuela with Brazil, through the west northwest of Roraima and Amazonas.
About 6.6 thousand are in Brazil. They are distributed in the Amazon territory, the municipalities of S?o Gabriel da Cachoeira, Santa Isabel do Rio Negro and Barcelos. Only in Santa Isabel live about 1.6 thousand Yanomami in nine villages. The area demarcation of the Yanomami Indians in Brazilian territory is more than 9.4 million hectares.
Google translation:
Government carries out monitoring of cases of swine flu in villages in the Amazon
Agency Brazil
Published: 12/01/2010 20:11
Manaus - Report by the medical team deployed by the Foundation for Health Surveillance (FVS) and the National Health Foundation (FUNASA) to examine the progression of influenza A (H1N1) - swine flu in indigenous Yanomami villages, located in the region of municipality of Santa Isabel do Rio Negro (AM), shows that despite the increase in cases of flu-like illness, there is no record of new cases or deaths.
This year, two adult males of the same village were diagnosed positive for the disease. A boy of 10 years underwent laboratory tests and is awaiting the outcome of the review procedure to be presented in coming days. The boy belongs to a community 100 kilometers from Santa Isabel do Rio Negro.
The team of SVM and Funasa visited the region at the end of last week and also made assessment of the health status of indigenous people living in that area. The group also advised communities on the treatment and prevention of disease. The team carried out the collection of material between the residents in the villages that was sent to the Evandro Chagas Institute. The results were not disclosed.
In the assessment of health professionals who were in the town of Santa Isabel and villages in nearby areas, there are two possible reasons why the entry of the virus transmitting swine influenza in the area inhabited by indigenous people.
The first refers to the fact that the two men infected incorporated last November, a group of 30 Indians who were in the town to participate in training offered by Funasa. They may have contracted the disease during this period. Another possibility is contamination by indigenous people themselves who usually pass the region, including the border with Venezuela, where they also live Yanomami indigenous ethnic group. The neighbor had in 2009 an outbreak of the disease and reported, including deaths among Indians.
According Funasa, approximately 18 thousand Yanomami live in the area including the border region of Venezuela with Brazil, through the west northwest of Roraima and Amazonas.
About 6.6 thousand are in Brazil. They are distributed in the Amazon territory, the municipalities of S?o Gabriel da Cachoeira, Santa Isabel do Rio Negro and Barcelos. Only in Santa Isabel live about 1.6 thousand Yanomami in nine villages. The area demarcation of the Yanomami Indians in Brazilian territory is more than 9.4 million hectares.