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Los desastres naturales y la proteccion de la salud
(Washington, D.C., OPS, 2000)Esta publicación hace eco de la obra titulada Administración sanitaria de emergencia con posterioridad a los desastres naturales (Publicación Científica No. 407) editada en 1981, pero es un libro totalmente nuevo, de ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Update on SARS, Outbreaks of Jungle Yellow Fever and Venezuelan Equine Encephalitis in Colombia, West Nile Virus—First Human Case in United States of America (10 July 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-07-10)The last reported probable case in Taiwan, and in the world was detected and isolated on 15 June. Two consecutive 10-day incubation periods have now passed with no further cases detected. This achievement means that all ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Jungle Yellow Fever (JYF), West Nile Virus (WNV), Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2004: Call for Abstracts (17 July 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-07-17)Jungle Yellow Fever in the Americas Up to Epidemiological Week (EW) 29, a total of 10cases of Jungle Yellow Fever (JYF), with 50 deaths. West Nile Virus (WNV) Situation in the USA As of 17 July 2003, there are 5 human ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Pneumonia in El Salvador, Hantavirus in Panama, West Nile Virus (WNV) in USA, Icterohemorrhagic Disease in Peru... (24 July 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-07-24)Yesterday the Ministry of Health of El Salvador, in light of the rising number of pneumonia cases in the country. The Gorgas Memorial Institute for Health Studies has confirmed the first reported case for 2003 of Hantavirus ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Pneumonia in El Salvador, West Nile Virus (WNV) in USA and Canada (31 July 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-07-31)Pneumonia in El Salvador: The Ministry of Health reported that in Epidemiological Week (EW) 30 (ending on 26 July) 6,315 cases of pneumonia were recorded. West Nile Virus (WNV): The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Pneumonia in El Salvador, West Nile Virus (WNV) in the USA, Jungle Yellow Fever in the Region of the Americas, Food Poisoning in Passengers on an International Flight to Dallas (8 August 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-08-08)On 3 August 2003, the Ministry of Health of El Salvador reported a cumulative number of 56,847 cases of pneumonia and 312 deaths associated with pneumonia. In Epidemiological Week (EW) 31 (ending on 2 August 2003) 6,453 ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Acute Respiratory Illness Outbreak in British Colombia, Canada (14 August 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-08-14)14 August 2003: There is an outbreak of an acute respiratory illness in a long-term care facility in British Columbia that clinically is not compatible with SARS, but in which there is laboratory evidence of SARS-CoV infection. -
Epidemiological Alert, Acute Gastroenteritis (AGE) Outbreak in Jamaica, Meeting of the Coordinating Committee of the RECACER (21 August 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-08-21)According to the Ministry of Health (MOH) of Jamaica, surveillance reports have indicated an increase of gastroenteritis cases in St. Catherine, Kingston, St. Andrew and St. Thomas during June–July, 2003. AGE cases requiring ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Jungle Yellow Fever (JYF) in the Americas, West Nile Virus (WNV) in the USA and Canada and Acute Respiratory Disease in British Columbia, Canada (28 August 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-08-28)Up to August 26, a total of 181 confirmed Jungle Yellow Fever cases have been reported to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), with 75 deaths. This represents an additional 21 cases since August 6. -
Epidemiological Alert, Outbreak of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in San Juan del Oro, Peru; West Nile Virus (WNV) in the USA and Canada (4 September 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-09-04)According to the Ministry of Health of Peru, since June 2003 there has been an increase in the number of malaria cases produced by Plasmodium vivax in the District of San Juan del Oro (Province of Sandia, Puno), which has ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Outbreak of Plasmodium vivax Malaria in Palm Beach, Florida; Yellow Fever and West Nile Virus (WNV) Situation in the Americas (12 September 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-09-12)On 25 July 2003, the first native case of malaria was reported to the Department of Health of Palm Beach, Florida. As a result, investigations undertaken have identified that a total of 7 cases of Plasmodium vivax malaria ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Update on the SARS Situation (19 September 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-09-19)First confirmed case of SARS in Singapore during the post-epidemic period: On 13 September 2003, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States (CDC) confirmed a single case of SARS in Singapore. This ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Hemorrhagic Conjunctivitis in Central America and the Caribbean and Update on the SARS Situation (25 Semptember 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-09-25)Since last month and continuing to present, several outbreaks of hemorrhagic conjunctivitis have been reported in various Central American and Caribbean countries. In Central America, the disease has mainly affected four ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Conjunctivitis in Latin America and Update on West Nile Virus (WNV) (2 October 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-10-02)Central America: The following outbreaks of viral hemorrhagic conjunctivitis are still active: Guatemala: To 29 September 2003, there have been 2,269 cases in 18 health districts. The national incidence rate is 18 cases ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Update on Yellow Fever in Latin America and West Nile Virus (WNV) in the Americas (9 October 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-10-09)Since 10 September 2003 to date, 25 new laboratory-confirmed cases have been reported to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). The cumulative number of cases this year is 209, with 96 deaths. This is the highest ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Update on West Nile Virus (WNV) (16 December 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-10-16)United States: This week, 450 new cases of WNV infection in 27 states have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the United States (CDC). Canada: Up to 15 October, 378 cases and 10 deaths have ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Update on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (23 October 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-10-23)SARS Epidemiology—WHO Consensus Report: On 17 October 2003, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued its report, Consensus Document on the Epidemiology of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (35 pp, PDF), summarizing ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Update on Influenza and West Nile Virus (WNV) in the Americas (30 October 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-10-30)United States of America (USA): During Epidemiological Week (EW) 42 (from 12–18 October 2003), the overall proportion of visits to sentinel providers by patients suffering from influenza-like illness (ILI) was 1.9%, a rate ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Update on Influenza in the Americas, SARS and 3rd Biannual Meeting of Subregional Emerging-Disease Surveillance Networks (6 November 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-11-06)For this week, WHO and the US National Respiratory and Enteric Virus Surveillance System (NREVSS) collaborating laboratories examined 707 samples to detect influenza virus, of which 48 (6.8%) came out positive. Of these ... -
Epidemiological Alert, Update on Influenza and Yellow Fever in the Americas and Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) (12 November 2003)
(Washington, D.C., PAHO, 2003-11-12)United States (USA): During Epidemiological Week (EW) 44 (from 25 October to 1 November 2003), the overall proportion of patient visits to sentinel providers for flu-like symptoms or influenza-like illness (ILI) was 2.2%, ...
