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    Officials Investigating Cross Border Disease Outbreak

    Officials Investigating Cross Border Disease Outbreak
    By Michel Marizco
    Thursday, July 21, 2011

    TUCSON — Mexican and American health officials are trying to find the origins of an infection that’s now sickened 22 people on both sides of the U.S. Mexico border in the states of Arizona-Sonora. In the more severe cases, officials believe it’s left some people paralyzed.

    It’s called Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS). It’s an infection that is not contagious and often begins from a more common intestinal infection. It’s considered rare: Only about 1 in every 100,000 people get it.

    Public health officials are worried that, since May, they’ve now had nine cases in Yuma County and another 13 cases across the border in San Luis RÃ*o Colorado. Normally, this area only sees three or four cases a year.

    Officials think the syndrome starts with Campylobacter. That’s a common bacteria found in foods. Usually, there’s no effect. Sometimes it will trigger diarrhea. Other times it heightens the immune system and that triggers the Guillain-Barre that targets the nervous system.

    Shoana Anderson oversees infectious diseases for Arizona.

    “It causes their immune system to go into over-drive and start to attack their nerves," she said.

    Anderson said six people have been diagnosed with paralysis, all in San Luis RÃ*o Colorado. It’s usually only temporary and partial.

    Now, officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Arizona Department of Health Services and Sonora health officials are working together to find the cause.

    The infections were first found in May.

    Laura Oxley is a spokeswoman for the Arizona Department of Health Services.

    “We didn’t do a lot with the public because we didn’t know what it was and GBS is not contagious," she said.

    The CDC estimates about 40 percent of GBS cases in the U.S. are preceded by the campylobacter infection.

    Properly handling food and washing hands is the safest way to avoid it.

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    16 cases of rare disease appear along border

    Posted: Jul 19, 2011 11:25 AM

    PHOENIX - Health department officials are working with authorities in Mexico to determine why sixteen cases of a rare disease have appeared in a small area along the U.S.-Mexico border.

    Guillain-Barre Syndrome typically affects about 1 in 100,000 people. When 16 cases recently appeared in a small area along the U.S.-Mexico border, health officials on both sides of the border took notice. Local, state and federal health departments from San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico and Yuma County started working to confirm the diagnosis and search for the underlying cause.

    And while health officials from both counties often work together on issues like obesity and tuberculosis, this response marks the first time that health officials from the U.S. and Mexico have traveled across respective border to conduct a joint investigation.

    The symptoms of GBS include muscle weakness and sometimes paralysis, and it typically appears after someone has been sick with an infection, often with diarrhea. The key, ADHS officials say, is to find the root cause of the infection.

    "We recognize that this apparent cluster of Guillain-Barré Syndrome cases is of great concern to the community," said Shoana Anderson, Office Chief of Infectious Disease at ADHS. "One potential cause we've identified is Campylobacter bacteria, a commonly-identified organism that can precede Guillain-Barré. While there have been more cases of Campylobacter this year, we have not yet positively confirmed that it is responsible for these Guillain-Barré infections."

    Sonoran health officials have began an outreach and education program for San Luis and Rio Colorado residents, and Arizona health officials have asked doctors to watch for signs of GBS and quickly contact their local health office to assist with the investigation.

    GBS is not passed person-to-perosn, so the best thing is to prevent infections, which could lead to the disease. Good hand-washing habits and safe food preparation go a long way to prevent illnesses, ADHS officials say.

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