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Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Vietnam showing the same outbreak as Cambodia

Looks like the same problem right across the border..

 Prevent hand, foot and mouth in An Giang
Updated at 02:01, Thursday, 12/07/2012 (GMT +7)

..Although not a local number of cases have hand, foot and mouth (HFMD) the highest nationwide, but the An Giang province is leading the country in the number of deaths with nine cases. So what is the cause of this situation?

..As of mid-July, An Giang province has recorded 1,478 cases of TCM, up seven times over the same period in 2011 (more than 200 cases across the province). All 11 districts, towns and cities have recorded cases of infection. Localities with high child morbidity and mortality...

..According to the Center for Preventive Medicine, all fall into the deaths of children under three age groups and families in rural areas, regions and remote areas, access to health services, especially knowledge of health care, personal hygiene for children is limited.

..On average, each day, An Giang has two or more children with TCM TCM lift incidence in An Giang and weekends from 50 to 70 ca ... Several weeks more than 100 hospitalizations. Meanwhile, an alarming problem that up to 68% of samples tested fall into EV71 bacteria. With the rate of deaths caused by disease in An Giang unusually high compared to other provinces in the country..
..diagnosis in healthcare facilities because access to medical knowledge is weak so many cases has dropped erythema shortcomings positions, because of the atypical cases such as mouth ulcers No, no erythema, pathological findings as a sore throat ... granted, but events quickly disease, severe complications are such as meningitis, pulmonary edema ..., especially in infants under one year, making the treatment faced many difficulties, leading to high mortality rates.http://translate.google.com/translat...giang-1.357425

HERE IS THE MAP ,ON THE LOWER CAMBO BORDER. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Lo...namAnGiang.png