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Quito, Nov 9 (EFE) .- A total of 1,494 cases have tested positive for influenza A in Ecuador, where 82 people have died from the virus, confirmed today the Ministry of Health.

According to a report of that institution posted on its Internet portal, in week 43 of the control, ranging from 25 to 31 October, confirmed the infection of 56 new people with the virus of influenza A.

Overall, of the 1,494 laboratory-confirmed cases, the largest number recorded in the province of Pichincha (Andes), with 414, followed by the Guayas (Coast), with 380 cases, according to statistics realize that Pichincha Guayas already displaced in the number of infections.

They are followed by the provinces of Loja (southern), with 150 cases; Manabi (west), with 83, and Azuay (south), with 68 cases.

It also has a high number of patients confirmed the province of Chimborazo (Central Andes) with 76 cases, followed by gold (South) with 50, while in the other provinces the incidence is lower.

According to the official report, closed on November 4, the virus is present in the 25 provinces, including the Galapagos archipelago, a few thousand miles off the coast of Ecuador, where they have confirmed 19 cases and two deaths from the virus H1N1.

In the age range, the ministry has confirmed that of those infected, 235 ranging from 5 to 9 years, followed by 189 between 10 and 14 years and 184 between 1 and 4 years, among

According to the most recent Health Ministry report, dated in early December, influenza A is present all over the country, where the 1980 laboratory-confirmed cases and 96 people died from the disease

Health Minister, David Chiriboga, called on citizens to take precautions against the increase of cases of influenza-like respiratory disease in some cities in the mountains. This increase is due to cold temperatures and moisture that is evident in recent weeks. Influenza virus A (H1N1), which appeared in 2009, and has become a seasonal virus, meaning that occurs in cold weather, along with other similar viruses such as A (H3N2).

Between 2 and 18 December 2010 there were 37 suspected cases of influenza-like illness in Imbabura.

The outbreak occurred last week at the Provisional Detention Center Ibarra. There were a total of 32 cases, of which 11 required hospitalization and 5 of these people had to go into the intensive care unit. When all are evolving positively. All these cases were treated with oseltamivir.
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Yolanda Czech, director of the Hospital San Vicente de Paul de Ibarra (the provincial capital), noted that "there is an outbreak" of disease, which killed 200 people in Ecuador between 2009 and May this year

Ecuadorian health authorities warned of three confirmed cases and 184 suspected influenza A in the province of Imbabura, in the northern Andes of the country, said on state television Friday Ecuador-TV.

Yolanda Czech, director of the Hospital San Vicente de Paul de Ibarra (the provincial capital), noted that "there is an outbreak" of disease, which killed 200 people in Ecuador between 2009 and May this year.

The confirmed "are isolated cases," said Czech, who asked the public to comply with preventive health measures in the presence of influenza virus.

The Ecuadorian authorities have announced that the country is ready to tackle the so-called "flu", a disease that is seasonal in Ecuador.

Cold weather affecting the Ecuadorian Andes is one of the factors that has encouraged the resurgence of the disease, according to medical staff.
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QUITO, 11. Ecuador recorded a total of 57 confirmed cases of influenza caused by H1N1 virus, including 3 deaths, since its resurgence in the country in November 2010, said the Ministry of Public Health.

Since the beginning of the year, were infected with this flu 23 people in the country, mainly in the Andean province of Pichincha (11), where 3 patients died, detailing the health authorities. The first three cases were reported in late December in the Andean province of Imbabura.

Despite the resurgence of this kind of flu, the authorities ruled that the case of an epidemic like the one experienced during 2009. "In every country in the world increase the cases of influence when there are seasonal changes," said the coordinator of Epidemiology, Nelson Vasconez.

The Health Ministry said Monday the emergence of the Ecuadorian health care system to meet an increase of patients in state schools caused, inter alia, by the arrival of the seasonal flu.