• español
    • English
    • português
  • English 
    • español
    • English
    • português
  • IRIS PAHO Home
  • PAHO website
  • Indexes
  • All Collections
  • About IRIS
  • Institutional Memory
  • Contact
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
View Item 
  •   IRIS PAHO Home
  • 1.PAHO Headquarters / Sede de la OPS
  • Scientific Journals and Newsletters / Revistas Científicas y Boletines
  • Epidemiological Updates
  • View Item
  •   IRIS PAHO Home
  • 1.PAHO Headquarters / Sede de la OPS
  • Scientific Journals and Newsletters / Revistas Científicas y Boletines
  • Epidemiological Updates
  • View Item

Epidemiological Alert, Pneumonia in El Salvador, Hantavirus in Panama, West Nile Virus (WNV) in USA, Icterohemorrhagic Disease in Peru... (24 July 2003)

Alerta Epidemiológica, Neumonía en el Salvador, Hantavirus en Panamá, Virus del Nilo Occidental (VNO) en EUA, Enfermedad ictero-hemorrágica en Perú... (24 julio 2003)

Thumbnail
View/Open
English, 3 pages (46.20Kb)
Español, 3 páginas (46.68Kb)
Date
2003-07-24
Author
Pan American Health Organization
Metadata
Show full item record
Abstract
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 Pulmonary Syndrome (HPS) in Panama. Up to 24 July 2003, 12 cases of WNV were confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States. In the town of Pampa Cedar, department of Pasco, Peru, the General Office of Epidemiology and the National Institute of Health concluded an investigation conducted to verify three deaths of members of a family with acute icterohemorragic syndrome
 
Neumonía en el Salvador El día de ayer el Ministerio de Salud, ante el alza de neumonía en el país declaró Alerta Roja por la inminencia de epidemia. Hantavirus en Panamá El Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios en Salud ha confirmado el primer caso notificado del 2003 de Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus (SPH) en Panamá. Virus del Nilo Occidental (VNO), EUA Al 24 de julio de 2003; doce casos de infección por Virus del Nilo Occidental fueron confirmados por los Centros para la Prevención y Control de Enfermedades en los Estados Unidos. Enfermedad ictero-hemorrágica en Perú En la localidad de Cedro Pampa, departamento de Pasco, Perú, la Oficina General de Epidemiología y el Instituto Nacional de Salud concluyeron una investigación realizada en virtud al deceso de tres miembros de una familia con síndrome icterohemorrágico acaecida.
 
Series
Epidemiological Updates/Actualizaciones Epidemiologicas;July, 2003
Subject
Pneumonia; Neumonía; Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome; Síndrome Pulmonar por Hantavirus; West Nile virus; Virus del Nilo Occidental; Icterohemorragic Disease; Ictero-hemorragica; International Health Regulations; Emergencies; Reglamento Sanitario Internacional
URI
https://iris.paho.org/handle/10665.2/50981
Collections
  • Epidemiological Updates

Related items

Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.

  • Thumbnail

    Epidemiological Alert, Pneumonia in El Salvador, West Nile Virus (WNV) in USA and Canada (31 July 2003) 

    Pan American Health Organization; Health Emergencies (PHE) (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 ...
  • Thumbnail

    Chikunguña: primera arbovirosis emergente en el siglo XXI en las Américas 

    Espinal, Marcos (2017-06)
    En diciembre del 2013, el panorama de las arbovirosis cambió para siempre en el Hemisferio Occidental. Esa es la fecha de la primera notificación de circulación autóctona del virus chikunguña en la Región de las Américas, ...
  • Thumbnail

    Clinical trials on drug repositioning for COVID-19 treatment 

    Rosa, Sandro G. Viveiros; Santos, Wilson C. (2020-03)
    [ABSTRACT]. The World Health Organization (WHO) was informed on December 2019 about a coronavirus pneumonia outbreak in Wuhan, Hubei province (China). Subsequently, on March 12, 2020, 125,048 cases and 4,614 deaths were ...

Browse

All of IRIS PAHOCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsSeries TitleType of materialLanguageCategoryTechnical Unit/Country OfficeThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsSeries TitleType of materialLanguageCategoryTechnical Unit/Country Office

Statistics

View Usage Statistics

Pan American Health Organization
World Health Organization. Regional Office for the Americas
525 Twenty-third Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037, United States of America
Tel.: +1 (202) 974-3000 Fax: +1 (202) 974-3663
email: libraryhq@paho.org

Links

  • PAHO Featured Publications
  • WHO Digital Library (IRIS)
  • Virtual Health Library (VHL)
  • Global Index Medicus (GIM)