EASTERN EQUINE ENCEPHALITIS - PANAMA (04): (DARIEN, PANAMA), SUSPECTED

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Date: Tue 6 Jul 2010
Source: Telemetro.com [in Spanish, trans. Corr.SB, edited]



A new suspected case of equine encephalitis occurred on Tuesday [6
Jul 2010] at the Children's Hospital, which brings to 25 the number
of cases. This case is a 6-year-old girl from Meteti, Darien.
According to a report by the Ministry of Health [MoH], the health
condition of the child is stable.

Of the 25 suspected cases, 4 remain hospitalized, 20 were discharged,
and one died. Samples taken from these patients were sent for
analysis to the Gorgas Memorial Institute.

The MoH reiterates that it is important that people experiencing any
symptoms or signs such as fever, headache and bone pain, irritability
(if the child is under one year), vomiting or diarrhea, contact their
nearest health center for medical evaluation.

[Byline: Denise Lara]

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[The outbreak continues. There is still no MOH confirmation that
these are cases of eastern equine encephalitis infection. There may
have been recent transmission of Venezuelan equine encephalitis to
equine animals in the area. A previous ProMED-mail post indicated
that Venezuelan equine encephalitis (VEE) virus was responsible for
the equine cases, as the government of Panama had reported to OIE
(see ProMED-mail archive no. 20100609.1934).

The provinces of Panama and Darien can be located on the map at
. The
HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Panama is available at
. - Mod.TY]

[see also:
Eastern equine encephalitis - Panama (03): (DR, PN) 20100627.2148
Eastern equine encephalitis - Panama (02): (DR, PN) 20100625.2112
Eastern equine encephalitis - Panama: (DR, PN) 20100621.2080
Venezuelan equine encephalitis - Panama (03): (DR) fatal 20100620.2070
Venezuelan equine encephalitis - Panama (02): (DR) fatal 20100617.2034
Venezuelan equine encephalitis - Panama: (DR) fatal 20100613.1984
Venezuelan equine encephalitis, equine - Panama: (DR) OIE 20100609.1934
1998
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Venezuelan equine encephalitis - Panama (02) 19981204.2332
Equine encephalitis - Panama (Darien) (02) 19981015.2046
Equine encephalitis - Panama (Darien) 19980827.1700]
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