Brazil Facing New, Deadly Hemorrhagic Pneumonia (IHP)

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Brazil Facing New, Deadly Hemorrhagic Pneumonia (IHP)

From Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD

6-8-6

A disease called idiopathic hemorrhagic pneumonia (IHP), of as yet unknown

etiology, has caused the deaths of 7 persons in the state of Rio Grande do Norte

in northeastern Brazil. The State Department of Health is investigating the

etiology of the disease, which affects the lungs, but they haven't yet

determined whether it is viral or bacterial and how contagion occurs.

 

The most common symptoms in patients with IHP are respiratory distress, bleeding

of the airways and fever. Of 9 suspect patients in 9 different cities of the

state, 6 children and a 5-months-pregnant woman, aged 32, have died. Two

children are in critical condition.

 

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Patricia A. Doyle DVM, PhD

Bus Admin, Tropical Agricultural Economics

Univ of West Indies

 

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