All viruses are of zoonotic origin and transmitted mainly by contact with infected rodents. While there is something like the machupo virus which is said to cause bolivian hemorrhagic fever or black typhus there is nothing to show that such a virus can. Groupe dentraide entre membres benevoles pour lutter contre les hoax et les fake news. Machupo is spread primarily via aerosol transmission of dust particles from infected rodents. Informacion sobre fiebre hemorragica boliviana sitata. The mortality rate is estimated at 5 to 30 percent.
Machupo virus is an arenavirus from the new world serogroup that has contributed to epidemics of hemorrhagic fever in central and south america. This virus causes argentine hemorrhagic fever in a limited agrigultural area of the pampas in argentina. The news that paracetamol tablets contain machupo virus is doing rounds on social media. Taking paracetamol may interfere with the glucoseglucose oxidaseperoxidase assay at abnormally high concentrations. Medicamento paracetamol p500 contem o virus machupo. Is paracetamol contaminated with the deadly machupo virus. But since last few days a message is being viral on social media that paracetamol tablet contains machupo virus. Health directorgeneral datuk dr noor hisham abdullah said that like most viruses, the machupo virus is unable to live in dry environments such as in paracetamol. New world arenaviruses junin, machupo, guanarito, and. The paracetamol machupo virus hoax did you believe this and. The advisory stated that the post warning that paracetamol p500 tablets should not be consumed as they contain the machupo virus is a hoax. New world arenaviruses junin virus, machupo virus, guanarito virus, and sabia virus are segmented negativesense rna viruses that belong to the family arenaviridae, occurring in south america.
The paracetamol machupo virus hoax did you believe this. Moreover, it typically infects rodents and it is comparatively rare in humans. Preliminary symptoms of bolivian hemorrhagic fever caused by the machupo virus include fever, headache, fatigue, myalgia, and arthralgia. Apr 02, 2017 the machupo virus in the p 500 paracetamol hoax. Machupo virus macv, a new world arenavirus, is the etiological agent of bolivian hemorrhagic fever bhf. Hoax warning about paracetamol blithehale health centre.
Valarie schwind, in ciottones disaster medicine second edition, 2016. It is a new, very white and shiny paracetamol, doctors prove to contain machupo virus, considered one of the most dangerous. Be careful not to take the paracetamol that comes written p500. Aug 12, 2019 the crux of the message is that the p500 paracetamol tablet contains a deadly virus called machupo virus. The machupo virus remains a risk, but is limited in danger by several circumstances. In contrast lassa virus en is inactive in the same. There are no known cases of machupo virus in india. Reports of machupo virus contamination in paracetamol are. Non, le paracetamol p 500 ne contient pas le virus machupo. Machupo virus is a spherical and pleomorphic virus, with a diameter ranging from 50 to 300 nm in length average of 120nm. This is the message that likely accompanied the image.
Compare paracetamol vs tylenol headtohead with other drugs for uses, ratings, cost, side effects, interactions and more. Paracetamol p500 pills containing machupo virus is just a hoax. The susceptibility and importance of nonhuman primates in natural disease are unknown. The advisory stated that the post warning that paracetamol p500 tablets should not be consumed as they contain the machupo virus is a. A facebook post claiming that paracetamol tablets are contaminated with the deadly machupo virus is false. It has a singlestranded and bisegmented rna genome, and the virus contains ribosomes that give it a sandy appearance under electron microscopy. Current and historical conditions indexed list of current and historical nationally notifiable conditions. In some patients, hemorrhagic signs develop, including bleeding from nasal and oral mucosa, as well as the bronchopulmonary, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary tracts.
It is a new, very white and shiny paracetamol, doctors prove to contain machupo virus, considered one of the most dangerous viruses in the world. We further searched about machupo virus and found that the machupo virus, or the bolivian haemorrhagic fever bhf virus, is a virus that causes symptoms, including fever. It is spherical and pleomorphic, with a diameter of 50 300 nm average of 120 nm, and has a rna genome that is single stranded and bisegmented. While there is something like the machupo virus which is said to cause bolivian hemorrhagic fever or black typhus there is nothing to show that such a virus can be transmitted by a formulation such as this. Apr 01, 2020 be careful not to take the paracetamol that comes written p 500. Taking paracetamol may interfere with the determination of blood uric acid by the phosphotungstic acid method. It was first discovered in 1959 in an outbreak in san joaquin, bolivia. Bolivian hemorrhagic fever bhf, also known as black typhus or ordog fever, is a hemorrhagic fever and zoonotic infectious disease originating in bolivia after infection by machupo mammarenavirus bhf was first identified in 1963 as an ambisense rna virus of the arenaviridae family, by a research group led by karl johnson. Some versions tack on images of a young girl with a severe skin disorder. This virus, like the other new world hemorrhagic viruses, is also spread by a murine vector, specifically, the.
Please share this message, for all people and family. Paracetamol teva uses, dosage, side effects, precautions. However, the image depicts a case of stevensjohnson syndrome and is in no way related to paracetamol or the machupo virus. However, machupo virus which causes the bolivian haemorrhagic fever is limited to south america. No, p500 paracetamol tablet doesnt contain machupo virus. As we all are aware that paracetamol is a medicine used to treat pain and fever. Be careful not to take the paracetamol that comes written p 500. Health directorgeneral datuk dr noor hisham abdullah said that like most viruses, the machupo virus is unable to live in dry environments such as in paracetamol tablets. Rumours of the machupo virus being present in p500 paracetamol tablets have been dismissed by the ministry of health moh.
Paracetamol 500 tablets tem virus mortal, o machupo boatos. The machupo virus is an arenavirus endemic to bolivia that causes the disease commonly called bolivian hemorrhagic fever. The virus is dangerous, because it a airborne infectent and is transmitted through bodily fluids or contact with the virus. P500 paracetamol tablets do not contain machupo virus. Hoax warnings claim that paracetamol or acetaminophen is. Yet, it can easily by prevented by mouse traps and other mechanisms of eradication that help control host populations. Junin virus, isolated in 1958, was the first of these to be recognized. Apr 28, 2020 the machupo virus in the p 500 paracetamol hoax. Due to its pathogenicity, machupo virus requires biosafety level four conditions, the highest level.
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