The following excerpt is from a January 24 article published by the Latin American Herald Tribune. To read the article in its entirety, please click here.
GUATEMALA CITY – A total of 274 rotavirus cases have been reported so far this year in Guatemala, but there have been no deaths, Guatemalan Health Minister Ludwig Ovalle said.
Rotavirus cases have been registered in the western province of Quetzaltenango, the northwestern province of Huehuetenango, the southern provinces of Retalhuleu and Escuintla, and the northern province of Baja Verapaz, Ovalle said.
Rotavirus, which mainly affects children, produces a number of serious symptoms, including vomiting and fever, along with acute and dehydrating diarrhea.
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