Natalee Case Discussion #793 1/13/09 - 1/18/09

[Tamikosmom]

http://www.aruba-bb.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=66068

 

[Tamikosmom]

Nut

I messed up again.  I apologize.  Please delete post 319.

Thanks

Janet

[bleachedblack]

You're welcome Sharon.

[SuzieQ]

Found this on that forum also.

Croes Maybe The First Fatality Of The Dengue Virus In 2009



Miss Aruba 2008, Diane Croes

ORANJESTAD-Angelica Croes mother of the current Miss Aruba Diane Croes suddenly passed away
at the age of 53 on Tuesday afternoon. Angelica Croes is teacher at San Jose high school in Santa
Cruz. Blood tests still have to determine the cause of death of Angelica Croes, the results are
expected within 2 weeks. Doctors on the island are suspecting dengue, a virus transmitted by the
Aedes Aegypti mosquito to humans through a mosquito bite.

The sudden death of Angelica Croes has shocked Aruba, and has hit the Croes family hard. The
Aruba Health Organization is on high alert for the dengue virus, and is warning the community to
get rid of standing water in the yard which serve as breeding grounds for mosquitoes. The Croes
family had big plans to travel together with their daughter to Las Vegas, Nevada. Las Vegas is the
host city of the Miss Universe 2009 pageant that will be held in July.

http://www.aruba-bb.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=66907&view=next

[2NJSons_Mom]

Random questions.How did Kyle get work over in Norway,as well as Egypt?

Pipelines....oil projects?  It's what he does.

http://www.geosolutions.blogspot.com/

How did he get the work.Through himself,Silvetti,Schaeffer?

He had his own company, now seems to be working for another (not sure it it's his or another's).   

[Anna]

I don't believe that Aruba participates in reporting cases of infectious disease as to most other countries in the world.

This is the latest global report on Dengue and still no mention of any cases at all in Aruba.  Maybe they don't want tourist or potential tourists to know about it.

Quote:

Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 03:19:48 -0500 (EST)
From: ProMED-mail <promed@promed.isid.harvard.edu>
Subject: PRO/EDR> Dengue/DHF update 2009 (02)

DENGUE/DHF UPDATE 2009 (02)
***************************
A ProMED-mail post
<http://www.promedmail.org>
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
<http://www.isid.org>

[1] Bolivia (Amazon Region)
[2] Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
[3] Paraguay
[4] Australia (Queensland)

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[1] Bolivia (Amazon Region)
Date: Mon 5 Jan 2009
Source: Pueblo en Linea [Spanish, trans. & summ. Mod.TY, edited]
<http://spanish.peopledaily.com.cn/31614/6567271.html>


A dengue outbreak has occurred in the Bolivian Amazon region, with numerous
individuals infected, according to information revealed in a report issued
by the Ministry of Public Health. This bad epidemic has spread in Beni and
Pando departments [state or province equivalents], with 450 and 100 cases
respectively, including 4 patients with confirmed DHF.

Government [units] at diverse levels have mobilized the local inhabitants
to take preventive measures against the current dengue outbreak, which has
been caused by torrential rains and floods which have battered the region.

- --
communicated by:
ProMED-PORT <promed@promedmail.org>

[On 14 Nov 2008, ProMED-mail posted a report (archive no. 20081118.3636)
showing that there were 17 dengue cases in Cobija, the capital city of
Pando department. The above report indicates that there have now been 100
cases in that department, and an additional 450 cases in neighboring Beni
department.

A map of Bolivia showing Beni and Pando departments can be accessed at
<http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/americas/bolivia_pol93.jpg>. - Mod.TY]

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[2] Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
Date: Sun 11 Jan 2009
Source: International Herald Tribune [edited]
<http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/11/news/LT-Brazil-Dengue.php>


Brazilian authorities say deaths from dengue fever in Rio de Janeiro nearly
quadrupled last year [2008] to 106. Government news service Agencia Brasil
says a city Health Secretariat report also notes 87 more deaths under
investigation that could be linked to dengue.

Agencia Brasil says 127 000 people in the city were sickened [by dengue]
last year [2008], up from 25 000 in 2007. It did not report a possible
cause, and Secretariat officials could not be reached Sunday [11 Jan 2009].

Dengue killed 27 people in 2007 in Rio, which is one of the Brazilian
cities most affected by the mosquitoborne [virus] disease. Dengue [virus
infection] causes high fever, severe headaches, and joint pain. Most cases
are not fatal, but the more virulent, deadly strain has been reported more
frequently.

- --
communicated by:
ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>

[One hopes that there will not be a renewed dengue outbreak in Brazil, and
especially in Rio, as severe as that of 2008. ProMED-PORT posted a similar
report in Portuguese from ComuniWeb dated 10 Jan 2009
<http://www.comuniweb.com.br/?idpaginas=20&idmaterias=390883>, indicating
that there were 330 dengue cases in December 2008, raising concern that the
dengue outbreak might revive with the onset of warmer weather.

A HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Brazil can be accessed at
<http://healthmap.org/promed/en?v=-10.8,-53.1,4>. - Mod.TY]

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[3] Paraguay
Date: Mon 12 Jan 2009
Source: El Litoral [Spanish, trans. & summ. Mod.TY, edited]
<http://www.el-litoral.com.ar/leer_noticia.asp?IdNoticia=102134>


As of yesterday [11 Jan 2009] in Asuncion, Paraguay, there was just one
case of dengue, but meanwhile there are 10 suspected cases at the moment.
In respect to dengue, the Minister of Public Health, Esperanza Martinez,
assured the public that the degree of public work being carried out to
combat the breeding sites of _Aedes aegypti_, the mosquito vector [of
dengue virus], will prevent dengue this year [2009] from reaching the
alarming levels it has in previous years, including when it has caused
epidemics.

In communication with Radio Nanduti, the Secretariat of State explained
that the drought occurring now will halt expansion of mosquito breeding
sites [assuming that the populace has not increased water storage in their
houses, which would provide _Aedes_ breeding sites - Mod.TY].

He indicated, also, that the [number] of [dengue] cases that might occur
are within the range expected by health authorities. "We do not have an
alarming situation such as we have had in previous years," the official
indicated. Martinez indicated that the [dengue] program of his job focuses
as a priority on the period up to March, the month in which summer ends and
high temperatures accompanied by rains begin to slowly ease.

We are intensifying the dengue program so that citizens will constantly do
surveillance and be aware that mosquito control is a responsibility of
citizens and families, stated the public health head. He explained that
health workers do random controls neighborhood by neighborhood, and in
those neighborhoods where there is a high rate of [_Aedes_] infestation,
measures will be intensified. Also, there will be active searches for
febrile cases. He also insisted that citizens report suspected [dengue]
cases to the closest health centers. He recalled that in 2008, 1200
laboratory tests yielded 16 confirmed [dengue] cases.

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communicated by:
ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>

[A HealthMap/ProMED-mail interactive map of Paraguay can be accessed at
<http://healthmap.org/promed/en?v=-23.2,-58.4,5>. - Mod.TY]

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[4] Australia (Queensland)
Date: Sun 11 Jan 2009
Source: Bloomberg.com [edited]
<http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601080&sid=aqmeci_sfpAo&refer=asia>


Dengue sickened more than 100 people in north eastern Australia, marking
the worst outbreak of the potentially lethal mosquitoborne disease since
2004. In Cairns, Queensland state, 97 people were ill, while 350 km (218
miles) south in Townsville, an unrelated outbreak of a different strain of
the virus struck 6 people, said Brian Montgomery, a senior medical
entomologist with Queensland Health. More than 10 people have been
hospitalized, though none has died, he said. An outbreak in 2003 and 2004
struck almost 900 people, killing one.

Health officials are concerned the 2 outbreaks may merge, raising the risk
that the epidemic will turn deadly. While people infected with one type of
dengue develop lifelong immunity to that virus, studies have shown
subsequent infection with a different strain makes a person more
susceptible to a complication called dengue hemorrhagic fever, which can kill.

The Cairns outbreak of type 3 of the [dengue] virus began after a resident
infected in Kalimantan, Indonesia returned to the city, Montgomery said.
Townsville's [dengue virus] type-1 outbreak has been traced to Singapore,
he said. Hot, humid weather and rainfall in the region has helped the
_Aedes aegypti_ mosquito species, which spreads dengue [virus], to breed
more than normally for this time of year, Montgomery said.

"We still have ideal weather patterns at the moment for prolific _Aedes
aegypti_ breeding, and we have dengue in more areas of Cairns than we can
respond to comprehensively," he said. "We're bracing ourselves for an
outbreak which could persist to April or May [2009]."

Health workers have laid more than 2000 traps in homes around Cairns and
local authorities are issuing fines of AUD 375 (USD 264) to households that
fail to clear mosquito-breeding sites from their yards, Montgomery said.

Symptoms include high fever, headaches, joint and muscle pain, vomiting and
rashes. Usually, people with dengue recover within 2 weeks, according to
the United States National Institutes of Health (NIH). The infection can be
fatal when it turns into dengue hemorrhagic fever, which causes bleeding
from the nose, gums or under the skin, or dengue shock syndrome, which
causes massive bleeding and shock, according to NIH. There are no drugs or
vaccine for the disease.

[byline: Simeon Bennett]

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communicated by:
ProMED-mail <promed@promedmail.org>

[The number of dengue cases in Cairns has increased from 52 as of 24 Dec
2008 (archive no. 20090105.0041) to over 100 reported above. Reducing
_Aedes aegypti_ breeding sites quickly is a challenge, since it relies
heavily on community participation, in this case reinforced by fines for
households that do not comply. This will doubtless not be the last
importation of dengue virus into Queensland. In a report kindly sent to
ProMED-mail by Dr Thomas Coombs that appeared in Cairns.com (byline: Damon
Guppy) <http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2008/12/30/21495_local-news.html>,
Tropical Health Population Services' senior director Brad McCulloch said
many dengue virus-infected people arrive at Cairns airport but that the
current outbreak was fueled by perfect conditions for the virus vector to
thrive, a mixture of steady rain, heat and humidity. "We get about a dozen
dengue imports each year," he said.

Dengue vaccines are currently undergoing clinical trials in Thailand. Also,
The Australian of Sydney, Australia, in its 9 Jan 2009 edition
<http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24891127-23289,00.html>,
reported that University of Queensland researchers have successfully
infected the _Aedes aegypti_ mosquito with a bacterium which halves the
insect's life span, reducing the opportunity for the virus to reach the
mosquito's salivary glands and be transmitted.

Cairns and Townsville can be located on the HealthMap/ProMED-mail
interactive map of Australia at
<http://healthmap.org/promed/en?g=2172797&g=2146142&v=-16.917,145.767,5>. -
Mod.TY]

[see also:
Dengue/DHF update 2009 (01) 20090105.0041
2008
- ---
Dengue/DHF update 2008 (56): Singapore, Australia 20081229.4097
Dengue/DHF update 2008 (55) 20081223.4042
Dengue/DHF update 2008 (54) 20081215.3942
Dengue/DHF update 2008 (52) 20081207.3840
Dengue/DHF update 2008 (50) 20081118.3636
Dengue/DHF update 2008 (40) 20080915.2891
Dengue/DHF update 2008 (30): Brazil 20080728.2305
Dengue/DHF update 2008 (20) 20080519.1668
Dengue/DHF update 2008 (10) 20080309.0962
Dengue/DHF update 2008 (01): Brazil 20080104.0052]

.......................dk/ty/msp/sh

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End of ProMED Digest V2009 #19
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Not so much as a single case reported in Aruba. 

[texasmom]

1/16/2009 Awe Mainta Front Page

http://awemainta.com/home/



Papiamentu Translation:

another plantacion big of marihuana descubri yesterday morning, several unidad of police, provided that especial departamento of combatimento of narcotica owing to being send at one direccion at weg seroe blanco at san nicolas, where owing to descubri one plantacion very big self of marihuana. the plantacion of marihuana here more bien is in forest behind one cas. that is responsible p’e plantacion here, none person know still. consecuentemente none detencion not owing to cay niether, already as menciona, the plantacion here is in forest behind one cas at weg seroe blanco. all the matanan owing to stay confisca.

[Anna]

Thoes plants appear all dehydrated and crooked.  Not at all like the prime specimens, picture perfect plants of Lorenzo. 

 

[texasmom]

http://www.amigoe.com/artman/publish/artikel_51497.php

Google translation:

Research on dead by dengue
14 Jan, 2009, 15:46 (GMT -04:00)

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ORANGE CITY - Department of Health has issued an urgent press conference Tuesday called for an "update" to have dengue, or dengue. The department has done this in response to the hundreds of calls that come in within its Health, after the media reported was a 53-year-old woman from dengue Casibari which would be deceased.

 
Trevor of Gellecum, Director of Public Health
According to Trevor Gellecum, Director of Health, it is still not clear that this woman is actually dengue is deceased. "First, there are certain tests are performed and it can take three weeks before the result has been," says Van Gellecum. "These tests should be in a laboratory carried out abroad."

According to Wilmer Salazar, microbiologist at Health, the woman had a fever at the weekend, but on Monday they all felt better and she went to her work. "Later that day she was taken to hospital in shock. At night she is deceased, "said Salazar. "Until now there is no confirmed diagnosis of the cause of death, but it is suspected that it was dengue. Today, an autopsy performed, the study abroad may take place. "

Maribel Tromp, management at the department of epidemiology and research of the Infectious Disease Food Service (DBZ) has indicated that so far 612 suspected cases of dengue have been registered. "Of these 218 cases confirmed as positive by the laboratory, and 394 are still under investigation, reports Tromp. "This does not mean that they are negative." From the moment the news of a potentially fatal dengue victim arose late Charline Koolma, director of the Yellow Fever Muskieten Fight (GKMB) know that they are overwhelmed with calls from people reporting on possible family dengue reported or who want information about the disease. "It is good that we now call, but it had also previously been possible. This kind of extreme cases, can be avoided ", according Koolman.

"From November last year, the GKMB made several visits to check on breeding, and syringes. Often the residents are not home and then left behind a letter with a request to make contact with the GKMB for the disclosure of important information for us. But there is never called back until something bad happens and it is often too late. "
The more information and reports the GKMB gets, the better the service and the DBZ can do their work, said Tromp. Finally, all speakers called on the population and general practitioners to join forces for the multiplication of denguemug Aedes Aegypti beings. Health management is that the only way to prevent infection with dengue.

  

[texasmom]

Thoes plants appear all dehydrated and crooked.  Not at all like the prime specimens, picture perfect plants of Lorenzo. 

 

 

[wreck]

Isn't that an alarming number for a country that size?? (approx. one in every 200 people )

[klaasend]

Thoes plants appear all dehydrated and crooked.  Not at all like the prime specimens, picture perfect plants of Lorenzo. 

 

I have it on good authority that everything in Aruba ends up looking like Renfro soon after reaching maturity.  I'm sure that's why these plants look so shriveled up. 

[Tamikosmom]

Thoes plants appear all dehydrated and crooked.  Not at all like the prime specimens, picture perfect plants of Lorenzo. 

 

... or the ones in our back yard that my Father was cultivating with tender loving care until a neighbour told him those plants/weeds were not ferns.  My younger brother (17) was still at home at the time but ... to this day ... forty years later ... denies any knowledge of them.

 

GOOD NIGHT MONKEYS!!!  GOOD NIGHT ZOOKEEPERS!!!

Janet
8:30 PM PT

[2NJSons_Mom]

Thoes plants appear all dehydrated and crooked.  Not at all like the prime specimens, picture perfect plants of Lorenzo. 

 

... or the ones in our back yard that my Father was cultivating with tender loving care until a neighbour told him those plants/weeds were not ferns.  My younger brother (17) was still at home at the time but ... to this day ... forty years later ... denies any knowledge of them.

 

GOOD NIGHT MONKEYS!!!  GOOD NIGHT ZOOKEEPERS!!!

Janet
8:30 PM PT

  Well, now, that might explain the typos...

[texasmom]

1/16/2009 Awe Mainta Page 3

http://awemainta.com/home/



Papiamentu translation:

only 1% of person cu achieve dengue have chens of achieve fiebre hemoragico or shock syndrome dr. greg lacle, chairman of the staff medico of hospital owing to feel the necesidad for come cu cierto informacionnan tocante dengue, mirando the aumento y preocupacion big cu have in comunidad for cu this. have 4 various type of dengue y in casonan as of feburary 2005 for march 2006 tanatin one epidemia of dengue at aruba. is talk of epidemia hour 1 in cada 100 inhabitant is positive for her virus of dengue. at 2006 had 1642 patient cu dengue. at the momentonan here the cifranan confirma do not of the high ey, among 300 for 500. in 95% of the casonan dengue is sosode without sintomanan cu maybe dangerous. can achieve dengue by of the pica of the sangura muher cu is pica only in day y not night. the sangura here is esun cu do not haci the sonido fastioso (zumm). if owing to arrive of achieve dengue in pasado (inclusive if owing to haye without cu was know cu is 95% of the casonan) have chens cu if wordo infecta cu one another type of dengue, the chensnan is become more big for become more bad. prevencion of this is important. near of this dr. lacle is indica cu the sanguranan aedes aegypti (sangura of dengue) is let his webonan in water clean y not dirt. if have criaderonan y the water not can get rid of dje, can throw kerosin or gasoil in dje. for thing is the sintomanan, doctor greg lacle is splica cu the pacientnan cu have kentura, dolor of cabes, sacamento, dolor of joints, is esakinan more tanto is the casonan of dengue in the form sintomatico cu not have to atencion medico. the type of dengue here is bay on his self in 5 day for 2 week. in the caso here mihor is for stay cas, drink sufficient liquido y sosega. if the patient see cu the is birando suf or pik pik wine or cora at curpa, esey is one sintoma for cual have to bay doctor. this is the phase dangerous cu is 1% of the pacientnan cu is achieve dengue have chens for haye, y can achieve the fiebre hemoragico or the shock syndrome. esakinan is indicacion for patient wordo opgenomen in hospital.

[texasmom]

Thoes plants appear all dehydrated and crooked.  Not at all like the prime specimens, picture perfect plants of Lorenzo. 

 

... or the ones in our back yard that my Father was cultivating with tender loving care until a neighbour told him those plants/weeds were not ferns.  My younger brother (17) was still at home at the time but ... to this day ... forty years later ... denies any knowledge of them.

 

GOOD NIGHT MONKEYS!!!  GOOD NIGHT ZOOKEEPERS!!!

Janet
8:30 PM PT

 

Goodnight Janet!   

[texasmom]

Isn't that an alarming number for a country that size?? (approx. one in every 200 people )

It seemed like a lot to me wreck, and I figure there are a lot of cases that weren't reported too.

[texasmom]

Thoes plants appear all dehydrated and crooked.  Not at all like the prime specimens, picture perfect plants of Lorenzo. 

 

I have it on good authority that everything in Aruba ends up looking like Renfro soon after reaching maturity.  I'm sure that's why these plants look so shriveled up. 

 

[Tamikosmom]

Thoes plants appear all dehydrated and crooked.  Not at all like the prime specimens, picture perfect plants of Lorenzo. 

 

... or the ones in our back yard that my Father was cultivating with tender loving care until a neighbour told him those plants/weeds were not ferns.  My younger brother (17) was still at home at the time but ... to this day ... forty years later ... denies any knowledge of them.

 

GOOD NIGHT MONKEYS!!!  GOOD NIGHT ZOOKEEPERS!!!

Janet
8:30 PM PT

  Well, now, that might explain the typos...

 

At ten years of age I attempted to take a puff of my mother's cigarette when she was not looking and ... just about choked to death when I sucked that tobacco stick like it was a straw.

The incident was a blessing in disguise.  I was never tempted to "smoke" anything.

 

Janet

[2NJSons_Mom]

Thoes plants appear all dehydrated and crooked.  Not at all like the prime specimens, picture perfect plants of Lorenzo. 

 

... or the ones in our back yard that my Father was cultivating with tender loving care until a neighbour told him those plants/weeds were not ferns.  My younger brother (17) was still at home at the time but ... to this day ... forty years later ... denies any knowledge of them.

 

GOOD NIGHT MONKEYS!!!  GOOD NIGHT ZOOKEEPERS!!!

Janet
8:30 PM PT

  Well, now, that might explain the typos...

 

At ten years of age I attempted to take a puff of my mother's cigarette when she was not looking and ... just about choked to death when I sucked that tobacco stick like it was a straw.

The incident was a blessing in disguise.  I was never tempted to "smoke" anything.

 

Janet

Goodnight, Janet.  You know I was just kidding....I hope!!