Kuri-Morales PA, Guzmán-Morales E, De La Paz-Nicolau E, Salas-Fernández A

Language: Spanish
References: 17
Page: 674-680
PDF size: 78.36 Kb.

ABSTRACT

Emerging and reemerging diseases are the result of the interaction of multiple factors, such as social determinants of health, climate change, and conditions that prevail and are identifiable in some populations. As a consequence, there may be situations that by their nature are defined as a health emergency, impacting directly on the health of a population, either because they are not known or due to their rapid spread, resulting in a health security problem. Examples of these diseases are described in this article, starting with their origin, their impact on the population, and the response necessary in order to contain or prevent damage of a greater magnitude. The presence of these agents and their consequent damage to the population should lead efforts towards comprehensive prevention and appropriate containment strategies to ensure the protection of public health. Endeavors should be directed not only to a specific agent, but rather to factors that determine their reemergence, such as Ebola, or their permanence, such as the binomial infection of tuberculosis-AIDS. In order to correctly implement strategies, training and availability of supplies play a crucial role in facing the challenges that lie ahead.

REFERENCES

1. National Institutes of Health U.S. Understanding emerging and re-emerging infectious disease; Biological Sciences Curriculum Study, 2007.

2. Kuri-Morales P. La transición en salud y su impacto en la demanda de servicios, Gac Med Mex . 2011;174(6):451-4.

3. Manual de Procedimientos Estandarizados para la Vigilancia Epidemiológica del VIH-SIDA (septiembre 2012). Dirección General de Epidemiología. Subsecretaría de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud. Secretaría de Salud.

4. El Síndrome del Hantavirus Pulmonar. Indiana State Department of Health: http://www.state.in.us/isdh/23696.htm.

5. Bhattacharya SK, Bhattacharya MK, Dutta D, et al. Vibrio cholerae O139 in Calcutta. Arch Dis Child. 1994;71(2):161-2.

6. Chowell G, Simonsen L, Towers S, et al. Transmission potential of influenza A/H7N9, February to May 2013. BMC Med. 2013;11:214-27.

7. How the flu virus can change: “Drift” and “Shift”. www.cdc.gov/flu/about/ virus/change.htm.

8. Kuri-Morales P. La pandemia de influenza: posibles escenarios en México. Gac Med Mex. 2008;144(4):285-90.

9. Organización Panamericana de la Salud. Preparación y respuesta ante la eventual introducción del virus Chikungunya en las Américas. Washington D.C.; 2011.

10. Alerta Epidemiológica: Fiebre por Chikungunya y Dengue en las Américas. 29 de Agosto 2014. Organización Panamericana de la Salud/Organización Mundial de la Salud.

11. Lineamientos para la Vigilancia Epidemiológica y Diagnóstico por Laboratorio de Fiebre Chikungunya. Julio 2014. Dirección General de Epidemiología. Subsecretaría de Prevención y Promoción de la Salud. Secretaría de Salud.

12. Ebola virus disease. Fact Sheet No. 103. World Health Organization. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs103/en/.

13. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Outbreak in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone 2014.

14. High Level Meeting on Building Resilient Systems for Health in Ebola. World Health Organization; 2014.

15. Aviso Preventivo de viaje a los Países Africanos de Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leona y Nigeria ante los brotes de enfermedad por Virus del Ébola. 1º de Agosto del 2014.

16. Talking Points TB/HIV. June 2007. World Health Organization. http:// www.who.int/tb/challenges/hiv/talking_points/en/.

17. Plataforma Única de Información/SUIVE/DGE/SS. Cierre 2013.