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Spanish to Eng. translation
Results will be announced on Monday the suspected case of typhoid
written by Daniel Smith / DLA T?chira
Saturday, February 12, 2011
The person who may suffer from the disease is a girl of 28 years, residing in the border town of San Antonio del Tachira, who still receiving outpatient treatment and is stable
The Director of Environmental Health in T?chira, Raquel Ariza, gave details about the suspected case of typhoid that would have occurred on the border with Colombia, specifically in the town of San Antonio del Tachira, saying it will not be until Monday when awaiting the results of tests taken from the patient, which are under regional laboratory analysis.
Ariza said the young man of 28 presents clinical fever, upset stomach and headache, as is receiving antibiotic treatment at his residence, where he remains stable. "I still can not say that it is a case of typhoid, so we prefer to wait until Monday to get the results of the samples, so that we can only say that it is a suspected case, but remains at home because it is in good conditions, "he said.
Ruled out cholera
Ariza Raquel announced that tests conducted by the person in question was ruled out of a possible cholera, as had been rumored in the border area. "It's not anger, we have already made relevant evidence and we can say firmly that this is not a case of cholera, typhoid is a suspected native, ie contracted there in San Antonio del Tachira," argued the Environmental Health Director, adding that throughout the region remains the alert to avoid registering cases of cholera, as in Norte de Santander Department, according to communications it had with the health authorities in the border area the neighboring country.
Dengue continues to decline
As the numbers of dengue fever, Dr. Ariza emphasized that continue declining at rates compared to the statistics recorded by this date last year.
In this regard, the Director of Environmental Health reported that in the fifth week of this year epidemiological there were 25 cases, of which 22 were hemorrhagic dengue fever and three, figures significantly lower compared with the fifth EW 2010, when were totaled 107 cases of which 93 were classic and 14 hemorrhagic.
In total, add up to 120 cases of dengue fever have been diagnosed in the first five weeks of 2011. 102 are of classic dengue and 18 of bleeding. In the first five weeks of last year, the Office of Environmental Health reported 392 cases, of which 328 were classic and 64 hemorrhagic.
Despite the marked decrease in the statistics, Dr. Ariza urged people to maintain controls to prevent the emergence of an outbreak of dengue in the state.
Imported malaria
In terms of numbers of malaria in the region, authorities recalled that eight cases were registered, of which none have been indigenous, but imported. So, Raquel Ariza said that seven of those affected were people from Bolivar and the other was a citizen who came to T?chira contracted the disease in Colombia.
Spanish to Eng. translation
Results will be announced on Monday the suspected case of typhoid
written by Daniel Smith / DLA T?chira
Saturday, February 12, 2011
The person who may suffer from the disease is a girl of 28 years, residing in the border town of San Antonio del Tachira, who still receiving outpatient treatment and is stable
The Director of Environmental Health in T?chira, Raquel Ariza, gave details about the suspected case of typhoid that would have occurred on the border with Colombia, specifically in the town of San Antonio del Tachira, saying it will not be until Monday when awaiting the results of tests taken from the patient, which are under regional laboratory analysis.
Ariza said the young man of 28 presents clinical fever, upset stomach and headache, as is receiving antibiotic treatment at his residence, where he remains stable. "I still can not say that it is a case of typhoid, so we prefer to wait until Monday to get the results of the samples, so that we can only say that it is a suspected case, but remains at home because it is in good conditions, "he said.
Ruled out cholera
Ariza Raquel announced that tests conducted by the person in question was ruled out of a possible cholera, as had been rumored in the border area. "It's not anger, we have already made relevant evidence and we can say firmly that this is not a case of cholera, typhoid is a suspected native, ie contracted there in San Antonio del Tachira," argued the Environmental Health Director, adding that throughout the region remains the alert to avoid registering cases of cholera, as in Norte de Santander Department, according to communications it had with the health authorities in the border area the neighboring country.
Dengue continues to decline
As the numbers of dengue fever, Dr. Ariza emphasized that continue declining at rates compared to the statistics recorded by this date last year.
In this regard, the Director of Environmental Health reported that in the fifth week of this year epidemiological there were 25 cases, of which 22 were hemorrhagic dengue fever and three, figures significantly lower compared with the fifth EW 2010, when were totaled 107 cases of which 93 were classic and 14 hemorrhagic.
In total, add up to 120 cases of dengue fever have been diagnosed in the first five weeks of 2011. 102 are of classic dengue and 18 of bleeding. In the first five weeks of last year, the Office of Environmental Health reported 392 cases, of which 328 were classic and 64 hemorrhagic.
Despite the marked decrease in the statistics, Dr. Ariza urged people to maintain controls to prevent the emergence of an outbreak of dengue in the state.
Imported malaria
In terms of numbers of malaria in the region, authorities recalled that eight cases were registered, of which none have been indigenous, but imported. So, Raquel Ariza said that seven of those affected were people from Bolivar and the other was a citizen who came to T?chira contracted the disease in Colombia.