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Peru-Pertussis put on alert to various districts of Lima

Tonka

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http://www.rpp.com.pe/2011-12-05-to...iversos-distritos-de-lima-noticia_428729.html
Spanish to English translation

Pertussis put on alert to various districts of Lima
Monday, December 5, 2011 | 11:13 a.m.

PUB Wikipedia
Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of whooping cough, a small bacterium which incubation lasts from 6 to 20 days

The whooping cough, is a contagious disease associated with severe inflammation of the upper airways. The main clinical feature of the disease are the repeated attacks of coughing, which produce drowning. The Bordetella pertussis is the causative agent of whooping cough, a small bacterium which incubation lasts from 6 to 20 days and in most cases, symptoms appear about 8 days after infection. The episodes of coughing often followed by vomiting and cause sleep disturbance. Usually symptoms typical of infectious diseases, such as fever, loss of appetite, weakness and other symptoms similar to flu. In Peru, according to the Department of Epidemiology of the Ministry of Health, 83.2% of the districts of our country at high risk of pertussis or whooping cough, which endangers children under five living in these places, which can be considered at increased risk of infection. "Today you are registering a number case, so it is said that pertussis is a disease that is emerging again, "says Cecilia Ayon, a pediatrician at Rebagliati Hospital. According to the specialist there are 17 times more cases of whooping cough in over 15 years. commonly in adults is more difficult to determine the disease, since clinical manifestations may not present or not identified as such. This is the case of adult smokers with chronic cough, which can be mistaken as a symptom of cigarette products and basically hide a persistent the bacterium Bordetella pertussis. Currently it has a low MMR bacterial antigenic load, with the trade name Adacel.
 
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