The Mexican awarded by UNESCO calls for support to his country for the research of rotavirus

Paris, 30 mar ( EFE).-the Mexican Susana López Charretón, distinguished with the award L ' L’Oreal-UNESCO for women and science, today stressed his intention to take advantage of this visibility to urge the authorities of his country “more support” to research.

“Require a lot more investment”, noted in a telephone interview with Efe López Charretón, awarded for his work on rotavirus, which performed at the Institute of biotechnology of the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM).

Lopez Charretón pointed out that “the award is much pride sample” and da “much visibility”, which proposes to use to “draw attention” from the Government on the situation and the needs of researchers in Mexico.

Also hoped that advertising is doing its work serves to make”people aware” of the problem of the rotavirus that affects children under the age of two years around the world and causes some 360,000 deaths, largely in poor countries where there is more difficulty to use health services.

Is above all identify this disease, whose symptoms are “a very severe picture with vomiting and diarrhea” to whom “what needs to be done is to take the child to the doctor” and above all “none of home treatments”, pointed out.

The key is to treat the child in time because otherwise this rotavirus which is housed in the cells of the intestine can cause death.

Recalled that there is a vaccine that is allowing to reduce the deaths, which in Mexico were about 5,000 a year for five years.

The Mexican researcher told his works focus on what makes the virus in cells where replicates, and lately in how these act to defend.

She was one of five women awarded yesterday in the décimo-cuarta Edition of the awards L ' L’Oreal-UNESCO intended to boost the scientific work of women.

Attribution, emphasized that the investigation of Lopez Charretón “has given birth to magnificent instruments of diagnosis and treatment”.

Image file of mothers Nicaraguan to looking after their children affected by rotavirus in an epidemic that affected hundreds of minors in some Central American countries in 2005. EFE/file