“Influenza dei pomodori”: in India 80 casi tra bambini, causa bolle rosse

È caratterizzata da gonfiori che si trasformano poi in ulcere, ricordando appunto il pomodoro. Non è considerata pericolosa per la vita ma secondo i medici è difficile da diagnosticare perché causa sintomi simili al Covid-19, alla Chikungunya e alla Dengue

FARIDABAD, HARYANA, INDIA - AUGUST 13, 2020: India ramps up corona virus testing, with over 2.5 million cases and over 50,000 deaths India is fast emerging as a hub for Covid 19. India has 1400 labs that do testing and has done some 30 million tests. The country uses both the RT PCR or Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction and Rapid Antigen and Antibody tests. On August 13, 2020 researchers were busy conducting hundreds of Corona virus diagnostic tests at the Translational Health Science Technology Institute in Faridabad. Highly bio secure and high biosafety facilities and PPE suits with N 95 masks are used to carry out the complex tests. (Photo by Pallava Bagla/Corbis via Getty Images)

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Una nuova forma influenzale, ribattezzata “tomato flu” o “influenza dei pomodori”, sta creando un certo allarme in India dopo la segnalazione di decine di casi tra i bambini

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DENPASAR, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 6: The Avian Influenza Detection and Identification Program leader Gusti Ngurah Mahardika analyzes pig tissue infected by the H5N1 strain of Avian Influenza at The Molecular Biology Laboratory of Udayana University's School of Veterinary Medicine on November 7, 2006 in Denpasari, Indonesia. Since late 2005, the government-funded Avian Influenza Detection and Identification Program has been carried out by Udayana University. The program has conducted an extensive survey in Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia. More than ten thousand swabs and blood samples from birds, pigs, cats, dogs and monkeys have been collected and analyzed. The team found H5N1 in 35% of villages throughout Bali. In May 2006, two cases of H5N1 were found in pigs, which are suspectible to many of the viruses that infect humans. The Indonesia government has thus far not reported any cases of mutation of bird flu and there have not been any reported case of the virus infecting humans in Bali. (Photo by Dimas Ardian/Getty Images)

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Il ministro alla Salute ha invitato tutti gli Stati indiani a prestare massima attenzione, rendendo noto che un'ottantina di bambini sotto i cinque anni sono stati ricoverati con i sintomi di questa malattia

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DENPASAR, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 7: A scientist treats DNA with blue juice after a PCR (Polymerasy Chain Reaction) to an attempt to find the H5N1 strain of Avian Influenza (AI) at The Molecular Biology Laboratory of Udayana University's School of Veterinary Medicine on November 7, 2006 in Denpasari, Indonesia. Since late 2005, the government-funded Avian Influenza Detection and Identification Program has been carried out by Udayana University. The program has conducted an extensive survey in Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia. More than ten thousand swabs and blood samples from birds, pigs, cats, dogs and monkeys have been collected and analyzed. The team found H5N1 in 35% of villages throughout Bali. In May 2006, two cases of H5N1 were found in pigs, which are suspectible to many of the viruses that infect humans. The Indonesia government has thus far not reported any cases of mutation of bird flu and there have not been any reported case of the virus infecting humans in Bali. (Photo by Dimas Ardian/Getty Images)

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L’influenza dei pomodori è caratterizzata da bolle rosse che si trasformano poi in ulcere, ricordando la forma di piccoli pomodori. I sintomi iniziali includono una febbre moderata, scarso appetito e gola infiammata

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DENPASAR, INDONESIA - NOVEMBER 7: Scientists undetake testing in The Molecular Biology Laboratory of Udayana University's School of Veterinary Medicine on November 7, 2006 in Denpasari, Indonesia. Since late 2005, the government-funded Avian Influenza Detection and Identification Program has been carried out by Udayana University. The program has conducted an extensive survey in Bali, West Nusa Tenggara and East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia. More than ten thousand swabs and blood samples from birds, pigs, cats, dogs and monkeys have been collected and analyzed. The team found H5N1 in 35% of villages throughout Bali. In May 2006, two cases of H5N1 were found in pigs, which are suspectible to many of the viruses that infect humans. The Indonesia government has thus far not reported any cases of mutation of bird flu and there have not been any reported case of the virus infecting humans in Bali. (Photo by Dimas Ardian/Getty Images)

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L'influenza, che si è manifestata soprattutto negli stati del Sud dell’India, potrebbe essere una variante dell'infezione mani-bocca-piede (Hand Foot and Mouth Disease)

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Secondo l'agenzia di stampa Ani, gli scienziati non ne hanno ancora identificato l'esatta natura. Tuttavia è accertato che il virus non è collegato al SARS-CoV-2

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Secondo un articolo apparso su Lancet Respiratory Medicine e citato dal Guardian, “la rara infezione virale è attualmente in uno stato endemico e non viene considerata pericolosa per la vita”

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Tuttavia “data la terribile esperienza con il Covid-19, è bene rimanere vigili per prevenire ulteriori epidemie”, si spiega nell’articolo

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I medici - secondo quanto riportato dal Guardian - dicono che è difficile diagnosticare la “tomato flu” perché i sintomi sono molto simili al Covid-19, alla Chikungunya e alla Dengue

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L’articolo pubblicato su The Lancet riporta inoltre che, tra le ipotesi, c’è quella che l’”influenza dei pomodori” possa essere un effetto collaterale della Chikungunya e della Dengue

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Il dottor Suneela Garg, ufficiale sanitario del governo di Delhi, ha detto: “Chikungunya e Dengue potrebbero rendere i bambini vulnerabili all’influenza dei pomodori, perché il loro sistema immunitario è indebolito. A oggi non ci sono casi in città e sono convinto che non diventerà un problema”