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SWINE FLU - UPDATES & USEFUL INFORMATION

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« Reply #15 on: April 26, 2009, 12:20:55 pm »








'International concern'



In the US, seven people in California, two people in Texas, and two people in Kansas have been
infected with the new strain.

In New York, city health commissioner Dr Thomas Frieden said preliminary tests conducted on the
ailing students showed they were possible cases of swine flu.

Further tests will clarify if it was the same strain that was detected in the other three states.

Following a meeting of its emergency committee on Saturday, the WHO said the virus had the
potential to become a pandemic but it was too early to say whether that would happen.





 FLU PANDEMICS



1918:
The Spanish flu pandemic remains the most devastating outbreak of modern times - infecting
up to 40% of the world's population and killing more than 50m people, with young adults parti-
cularly badly affected


1957:
Asian flu killed two million people. Caused by a human form of the virus, H2N2, combining
with a mutated strain found in wild ducks. The elderly were particularly vulnerable


1968:
An outbreak first detected in Hong Kong, and caused by a strain known as H3N2, killed up to
one million people globally, with those over 65 most likely to die





WHO Director General Margaret Chan said recent events constituted "a public health emergency
of international concern" and that countries needed to co-operate in heightening surveillance.

The WHO is advising all countries to be vigilant for seasonally unusual flu or pneumonia-like symptoms among their populations - particularly among young healthy adults, a characteristic of past pandemics.

Officials said most of those killed so far in Mexico were young adults - rather than more vulnerable children and the elderly.

There is currently no vaccine for the new strain but severe cases can be treated with antiviral medication.

It is unclear how effective currently available flu vaccines would be at offering protection against the new strain, as it is genetically distinct from other flu strains. 
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