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CENTRAL AMERICA
NEWS
| Wednesday 20 October 2010 |
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Nicaragua's
Leptospirosis
Cases
Rise to
189
MANAGUA
- Some
43 new
leptospirosis
cases
have
been
registered
in
Nicaragua
recently,
increasing
the
number
from 146
to 189
reported
cases
and 16
deaths,
Health
Minister
Sonia
Castro
said
Tuesday.
Castro
said
that the
disease
has
spread
to eight
departments
in the
country,
and most
of the
cases
are in
Leon, 93
km
northwest
from
Managua.
Until
now
130,000
doses of
medicine
have
been
given to
avoid
the
spread
of the
disease,
the
health
minister
said.
Managua
province's
Health
Director
Maritza
Cuan
said
Tuesday
that
leptospirosis
has also
been
detected
in two
municipalities
in the
north of
the
province.
She said
the
government
has
expanded
its
sanitary
cordon
to stop
the
spread
of the
disease
by
vaccinating
6,000
people,
who are
staying
in
temporary
shelters
after
losing
their
homes
due to
the
seasonal
rains.
Leptospirosis
is a
disease
mainly
transmitted
through
water
polluted
by the
urine of
animals
carrying
this
bacterium.
Its
symptoms
include
fever
and
muscle
pain.
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