Asuncion, 19 may (EFE) .- The health authorities today Paraguayreportaron the first case of influenza A in an adult woman recently quellego the country from New York City estadounidensede .

The director of Health Surveillance, Ministry of public health, Ivan Allende, said it is women who came aAsuncion, between 8 and May 11 last, and that the official test confirmed the preliminary result that was a laboratorioprivado.

I still can not specify whether a virus is seasonal or if esdel kind AH1N1 movement, he said in a wheel prensaAllende , who argued that the sample will be sent to unlaboratorio reference in Atlanta (USA) setrata to determine whether the strain has caused deaths in the United States and Mexico.

The Government Paraguay declared a state of emergency last May 5 Public health alert to the World health Organization (WHO) for the spread of the virus outbreak AH1N1 and casosfatales registered in those countries.

So far, there were no cases of infection enfermedadtras out of a girl of eleven months of May EL1 came from Mexico and had some flu symptoms dela.

The statement of emergency rule was added to the alertaepidemiologica announced on April 27 in loscontroles to intensify the country's airports, especially in the United States and viajerosprocedentes of Mexico.

Paraguay only direct flights to Argentina, Brazil yUruguay and air links with Mexico and United States also serealizan through Peru and Chile.

Allende said that until now have been controlled a total de307 people from United States , Mexico, Canada, queingresaron the country through the international airport SilvioPettirossi, the main country.

Neither Argentina nor Brazil have changed their reporting casosconfirmados. We continue with a case in Argentina and eight in Brazil, explained the doctor, to specify that the WHO reported today 40paises affected by the influenza AH1N1 with about 9.800muestras confirmed with a mortality of 0.8 percent. EFE