May swine flu infected more than 100,000 Americans
May 17, 2009 by Jack
While the official U.S. government has confirmed cases of swine flu of 4700 was on Friday, experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is now the number of infections with more than100 000 countries.
Also on Friday, responsible for Health has launched two new deaths associated with H1N1 virus, with a total of five in the nation. Today we have Our fourth death of the Maricopa County, Arizona, Dr. Daniel Jernigan of the CDC Division of bird flu, said during a conference call on Friday afternoon. It moredeaths and hospitalizations that we see, he says.
Arizona patient, a woman of 40 with the end of an underlying lung disease, died in the past week, the Associated Press.Also on Friday, the leaders in health care in Nueces County, Texas, has announced that the third country, with the swine flu death, an unknown 33-year-old with multiple underlying medical conditions who have died or May5 6, that the Palestinian Authority.
The two new deaths came after two in Texas and in Washington State. All the victims had health problems with the underlying, more from the flu.
Most cases of avian flu swine in the United States seem easy, the responsibility for health recognized.
Jernigan said he also seems to be more flu cases usually the United States – both on the season and the new H1N1 swine influenza – is usually observed in this time of year. There are countries which are 22U.S. reports or regional flu activity, which is something that we do not expect that at this time, he says.
In addition, the CDC, on Friday underlined his warning that the Americans do not necessarily travel in Mexico, as the origin and the epicenter of the epidemic. However, the warning beendowngraded a precautionary principle , which advises people who may be at increased risk for complications of influenza to travel to Mexico.
But in an alarming signal that the swine flu epidemic has not yet completed their studies in the U.S., three from New York City public schools were closed on Thursday after dozens of flu-like infection surfaced and director was in a critical condition on a ventilator after the reports.
The mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg said four students and assistants, in a secondary school in Queens were diagnosed cases of bird flu swine. More than 50 students were sick at home Thursdaywith flu-like symptoms.In another school in Queens, more than 200 students were not on Thursday, and many others were badly in school, the New York Times and APreported.
The Director said that the problems of health, before he becomes ill. Students who have this disease in the last row of infections seem mild symptoms similar to flu toroutine, as is the case for most people in the United States, the bird flu swine.
When the epidemic began more than three weeks, hundreds of students and staff of the school in San Francisco, also in Queens, were ill. Reports said several times to St.
Francisco students have the week in Cancun, Mexico. Mexico is considered the source of the global epidemic, which has already infected more than 7000 people in the world.
The manufacturers of vaccines and other experts of the health care system met on Thursday, the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland, Schreiber possible strategies to combat swine flu virus.
The AP reported that the pharmaceutical companies were willing to give a vaccine against the swine flu, but many questions remain unanswered. These include the number of doses to produce, particularly in relation to the needs dosesof vaccine against seasonal flu.
The Panel recommendations are sent to the WHO Director General Margaret Chan, for the issuance of recommendations for manufacturers of vaccines and the World Health Assembly nextweek, said the AP.
But at least one expert on infectious diseases said that it is a conclusion that the drug manufacturer, you have a vaccine against the H1N1 bird flu.
If we are not in a H1N1 (bird flu swine fever) vaccine, then we will have a recurrence of the virus in a mild, moderate, or disastrous, and we have absolutely nothing, said
David Fedson, a vaccine expert and former professor of medicine at the University of Virginia.
One factor that the decision that the majority of companies in the influenza vaccination may be a limited quantity of vaccine against seasonal flu and pandemic vaccine, as the bird flu in pigs and Notat. The producers may not be large quantities of these two types of vaccines that have the production capacity, said the AP.
Found evidence that the swine flu virus is still two antiviral drugs, Tamiflu and Relenza, the CDC.
On Friday, the U.S. CDC 4714 was the reporting of cases of avian influenza in the swine 47 countries and four deaths. For most infections remain soft – like the seasonal flu – and the takeover is fairlyquick.
The World Health Organization on Saturday, a report from 8451 confirmed cases from 36 countries.
Swine Flu is an unusual combination of pigs, poultry and the human flu virus. Experts fear that if the new flu virus mutates, the people have little immunity against the infection.
The Committee refers to what in this new virus in the southern hemisphere, where the flu season is in the process begin. The agency is also in preparation for the virus’ likely again in autumn in the northern hemisphere.
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