Hidalgo HH

Language: Spanish
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ABSTRACT

Background: A H1N1 virus epidemic in Guanacaste Abangares as isolated and silent area. Analyzing their characteristics in a stratified manner EBAIS belonging to the Health Area. Detection of virus entry, although the metropolitan area of the centralized approach, assessing a high standard in upper respiratory infections before the Declaration of epidemic in the country, starting based on compliance with the Standards, the recruitment, evaluation and analysis cases and particularly, showing the movement for real time PCR H1N1 virus.
Methods: Of the 16,276 people belonging to the Department of Health, on 5 EBAIS, 84 cases entered the base SISVE 2009 data from week 28 to 41 epidemiological suspicion of Influenza AH1N1.
Results: he attack rate in the present epidemic was 0.65 per 100 inhabitants, with a hazard ratio of 2.09. The most affected area was the most densely populated, with Midwest as attack rate 1.98 per 100 inhabitants. The symptomatic trial of fever, cough and sore throat was key for the record of research in each catchment. Asthmatic, hypertensive formed the highest risk group in the population.
Conclusion: The results show us a habitual behavior in epidemics with transmission via fomites (centralized population areas), however Abangares for its high attack rate with respect to the statistical indices of the country, was conducted by capturing users infected, dare the use of protocols.

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