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Health | 23 October, 2006 [ 11:26 ]
tags : Peru health rubeola measles vaccination immunization campaign
13 million Peruvians vaccinated against measles
(LIP-wb) -- Mario Martinez, Immunization consultant for the Pan-American Health Organization in Peru, informed that to this date more than 13 million Peruvians have been vaccinated against rubeola, better known as the measles.
He explained that the virus causing this disease has been recently circulating in Latin American countries and thus a large-scale vaccine purchase was made to reduce costs for treatment.
Carlos Castillo, representative of the OPS , referred that Peru ordered the vaccines in 2004 and in early 2005. ”It is not an easy campaign. In order to immunize children, adults have to leave work very early and sometimes they don't have the time”.
The rubeola virus is “silent” in nearly 20 percent of infected people, meaning they don't show any apparent symptoms.
He explained that the virus causing this disease has been recently circulating in Latin American countries and thus a large-scale vaccine purchase was made to reduce costs for treatment.
Carlos Castillo, representative of the OPS , referred that Peru ordered the vaccines in 2004 and in early 2005. ”It is not an easy campaign. In order to immunize children, adults have to leave work very early and sometimes they don't have the time”.
The rubeola virus is “silent” in nearly 20 percent of infected people, meaning they don't show any apparent symptoms.
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