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http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2009/11/18/index.php?section=sociedad&article=037n1soc
The mosquito that transmits dengue has already become resistant to insecticides: Ssa
Doctors confuse symptoms with influenza A/H1N1, reports the dependence
Cruz Angeles and Laura Poy
La Jornada
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, p. 37
In at least eight states of the Republic of dengue mosquito has become resistant to insects, for which local authorities carry out studies to identify the type of substance that removes it, said Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Mauricio Hern?ndez Avila.
Although the staff of the Health Secretariat (SSA) attributed to environmental factors increased the number of cases has also influenced the presence of influenza A/H1N1, because doctors said, they could not identify what condition is treated .
Meanwhile, experts at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) of the National Polytechnic Institute claimed that climate change and increasing population migration may trigger new outbreaks of the disease in the country, especially in cities like Guadalajara, Jalisco, where already detected the presence of mosquitoes carrying the disease.
They stressed that the capital of Jalisco is located more than a thousand 800 meters above the sea level. The vector is usually located in towns nearest to the tropical and subtropical climates.
Rosa Maria del Angel, the department of molecular pathogenesis infect?mica and warned that Mexico City is 2 thousand 200 meters above sea level, so it is a latent risk that the disease appears in the national capital.
At one year, the disease causes between 30 thousand and 50 thousand deaths in the world and is considered the main viral disease that is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito. So far this year have find 5 thousand 900 DHF cases, which can be fatal if the infected person does not receive proper treatment.
The expert stated that among the obstacles to care and early detection is the persistence of underreporting of cases. "Many patients do not seek medical and / or confuse the symptoms with other diseases."
Undersecretary Hernandez Avila said that this situation has presented at several institutions, mainly due to the similarity of symptoms caused by dengue and influenza A/H1N1.
He explained that over 100 thousand cases of suspected dengue have been confirmed only 40 percent. The rest, most likely, is influenza. He acknowledged that it is expected the increase in cases. The problem, he added, had been exacerbated by the presence of heavy rains in months that traditionally are no longer present mainly in Tabasco and Veracruz.
Although he rejected the resistance of the mosquito not influence the increase of 30 percent of cases this year over 2009, said the problem has occurred in the states of Tabasco, Chiapas, Veracruz and Oaxaca, among other
The mosquito that transmits dengue has already become resistant to insecticides: Ssa
Doctors confuse symptoms with influenza A/H1N1, reports the dependence
Cruz Angeles and Laura Poy
La Jornada
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, p. 37
In at least eight states of the Republic of dengue mosquito has become resistant to insects, for which local authorities carry out studies to identify the type of substance that removes it, said Undersecretary of Prevention and Health Promotion, Mauricio Hern?ndez Avila.
Although the staff of the Health Secretariat (SSA) attributed to environmental factors increased the number of cases has also influenced the presence of influenza A/H1N1, because doctors said, they could not identify what condition is treated .
Meanwhile, experts at the Center for Research and Advanced Studies (CINVESTAV) of the National Polytechnic Institute claimed that climate change and increasing population migration may trigger new outbreaks of the disease in the country, especially in cities like Guadalajara, Jalisco, where already detected the presence of mosquitoes carrying the disease.
They stressed that the capital of Jalisco is located more than a thousand 800 meters above the sea level. The vector is usually located in towns nearest to the tropical and subtropical climates.
Rosa Maria del Angel, the department of molecular pathogenesis infect?mica and warned that Mexico City is 2 thousand 200 meters above sea level, so it is a latent risk that the disease appears in the national capital.
At one year, the disease causes between 30 thousand and 50 thousand deaths in the world and is considered the main viral disease that is transmitted by the bite of a mosquito. So far this year have find 5 thousand 900 DHF cases, which can be fatal if the infected person does not receive proper treatment.
The expert stated that among the obstacles to care and early detection is the persistence of underreporting of cases. "Many patients do not seek medical and / or confuse the symptoms with other diseases."
Undersecretary Hernandez Avila said that this situation has presented at several institutions, mainly due to the similarity of symptoms caused by dengue and influenza A/H1N1.
He explained that over 100 thousand cases of suspected dengue have been confirmed only 40 percent. The rest, most likely, is influenza. He acknowledged that it is expected the increase in cases. The problem, he added, had been exacerbated by the presence of heavy rains in months that traditionally are no longer present mainly in Tabasco and Veracruz.
Although he rejected the resistance of the mosquito not influence the increase of 30 percent of cases this year over 2009, said the problem has occurred in the states of Tabasco, Chiapas, Veracruz and Oaxaca, among other