Influenza Virus Mashup

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Well, I’ve got to be away from the house for a couple of hours this morning, so I’ll leave you with a few links to Xinhua reports, and resume posting a little later today:

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By Diane Rutherford

Story Published: May 29, 2009 at 12:54 PM EDT

Jefferson County has its first case of H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, according to public health officials.

The Jefferson County Public Health Service said Friday that it was notified by the Wadsworth State Laboratory in Albany about the positive test result.

The health department says the unnamed person who had the flu is an adult, was not hospitalized and recovered from the illness at home.

According to officials, they expected they would eventually see a confirmed case in Jefferson County because H1N1 has continued to spread throughout New York and the U.S.

The Jefferson County Public Health Service says it’s continuing to conduct active surveillance of local hospitals and schools to identify clusters of flu-like illness.

As of Friday, the department has received no reports of an increase in flu-like ilness in the county.

Earlier this month, a state laboratory confirmed a single case of swine flu in Lewis County.

That person did not require hospitalization

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A Lebanese resident in Spain and two Canadians arrived in Lebanon a week ago suffering from the flu virus. We have put in quarantine and a blood test that we have made each day have been positive” in the influenza A (H1N1 ), he continued.

“The virus does not exist locally. The cases detected from abroad,” he insisted later at a press conference.

“The Lebanese and two Canadians visiting Lebanon, a woman and her child were treated in time. They are unharmed,” said the Minister.

He said that the Lebanese and 21 of its citizens “were training in a center in Spain, where cases of swine influenza have been detected in Spain after their departure, which led the (Lebanese) examining all passengers on the plane on which they were. ” Only one case was recorded.

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Fears have been raised that swine flu is circulating in Edinburgh after two students tested positive for the disease but have not been in contact with any known cases or travelled to the United States or Mexico.

The two students, a 20-year-old man and a 21-year-old man from Greece, who both study in Edinburgh, developed symptoms of the disease last Sunday while in Scotland.

They were tested in Greece and found to be positive for H1N1 swine flu but they have not travelled to countries where the disease is widespread and to their knowledge have not been in contact with anyone confirmed or suspected of having the disease.

The cases could mark a significant shift in the swine flu outbreak in Scotland as doctors in Greece have questioned whether the virus is spreading more widely but current testing methods are not detecting it.

A spokesman for Heriot Watt University, where the two students are studying, said: “There were seven potential contacts who have all been cleared. We are continuing to operate as normal and we are in close contact with the relevant health and governmental bodies who are monitoring the situation.”

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May 29, 2008 (CIDRAP News) – With summer temperatures settling in across the United States, health authorities are conceding that the novel H1N1 flu virus may continue circulating through the summer, rather than quieting down as seasonal flu strains do.

That could pose major challenges for surveillance of the new flu’s spread, because some important disease indicators, such as school absenteeism, cannot be used during the summer. It will also tug research on the strain toward an aspect of flu that is not well understood despite years of inquiry: why influenza is a seasonal infection.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) signaled yesterday that it does not expect the novel virus to mimic seasonal flu’s usual summer hiatus.

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HONOLULU — (Snip) announced it has confirmed nine more cases of the swine flu, or H1N1 Influenza A. All of the patients are on Oahu, with six adults and three school-age children, officials said. The latest cases raise Hawaii’s total to 82.

Health officials said they will no longer give daily updates on the number of flu cases they confirm. Instead, officials will release a weekly count starting next Wednesday.

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Nevada cases of the novel H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, surpassed 100 today, health officials said.

Washoe County, including Reno and Sparks, reported eight new novel flu cases Friday, boosting the total number of cases in the Northern Nevada county to 71. Statewide, cases reached at least 105. Clark County still has 29 confirmed cases, Carson City has four and Lyon County has one, health officials said.
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So far the United States has reported 15 deaths linked to the flu, including two in El Paso, Texas, on Friday. The United States is reporting 8,975 probable and confirmed cases of this flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.

Most of the cases of the flu have occurred in younger people, ages 5 years to 24 years. People over the age of 60 may have some resistance to the new flu

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