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The latest report from the Ministry of Health epidemiology, recorded an increase in cases of winter virus, especially influenza. The document, which records information until June 16, indicates that although this year the circulation of these infections has been delayed, they are already increasing.
"We have seen an increase in respiratory infections, especially influenza type A, so we must prepare for the next few weeks when cases may continue to increase," says Carlos Pérez, an infectious disease specialist at the University of California. 39, School of Medicine of the Catholic University, in a note published today by El Mercurio
detected 18 serious cases badociated with influenza type A (H3N2), in Concepción, Iquique and Viña del Mar. This strain left a large number of deaths and infected in the last winter in the northern hemisphere, however, in Chile, the risk is lower because the virus is contained in the vaccine administered in health facilities, a campaign that is already 85.2% complete
for influenza vaccine (US Flu VE Network), dated November 2, 2017 and February 3, 2018; 39, overall effectiveness of influenza vaccine A was 36%. [19659004] It should be remembered that type A flu is the dominant strains of the virus that have caused more than 4,000 deaths in the United States. Of the total victims, 84 correspond to children.
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