Swine flu cases increase with monsoon – India

Health Ministry officials are worried as the number of swine flu cases reported from various parts of the country are increasing with the monsoon. A total of 548 fresh cases were reported last week, the highest for the current year. According to the health ministry, 38 people died of the virus between July 19 and [...]

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89 students fall prey to swine flu infection – Pune

Eighty-nine students from 57 schools and 11 colleges have been reported as suffering from swine flu infection, since the new academic session got underway. Among the infected students, 71 are school going children and 18 are college students. “Most of them have recovered and have started attending their respective classes,” said a state public health [...]

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Nasal Gel Cold & Flu Block Launched

NasalGuard Cold & Flu Block has been tested and proven to entrap 94% to 97% of viruses including the common cold, avian flu and H1N1. “Trutek’s expansion into the European market is an extremely exciting opportunity for the company,” said Vir Narula, Chief Operating Officer of Trutek Corp. “With the success of our allergy prevention [...]

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Severity should not be part of pandemic criterion

At a time when the World Health Organisation (WHO) is being criticised for over-reacting and declaring a pandemic of the basis of only geographical spread of a novel flu virus, a leading virologist has argued that severity should not be included as a criterion. Long before WHO’s declaration, there was no doubt that this was [...]

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Severity should not be part of pandemic criterion

At a time when the World Health Organisation (WHO) is being criticised for over-reacting and declaring a pandemic of the basis of only geographical spread of a novel flu virus, a leading virologist has argued that severity should not be included as a criterion. Long before WHO’s declaration, there was no doubt that this was [...]

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Fatal / Severe H1N1 Cluster In India

The above comments describe a cluster of severe/fatal cases in a family in Bhatkal as well as a “point genetic mutation” in three fatal cases in Pune and Nashik. The “mutation” is almost certainly D225G, which has been reported in prior fatal cases in India in the Pune area. This polymorphism is most easily detected [...]

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H1N1 In Kirovograd Ukraine Approaches Epidemic Levels

According to information “All Kirovograd, obtained from its own sources assurances from authorities that Influenza warming, no, supported by only one – epidemiological threshold (100 patients per 10 thousand population) has not yet crossed. But the number of patients currently is 86 persons per 10 thousand population. The above translation indicates the level of ARI/influenza [...]

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H1N1 – Gathering strength again?

The presence of G158E and D225G in China was anticipated because of the large number of swine H1N1 isolates from Guangdong province with both G158E and D225G. The recent collection of Nanjing/1 raises concerns that these markers may be emerging as the flu season in the southern hemisphere approaches peak activity, as seen in the [...]

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Iowa Swine Flu Mutation a risk?

The isolate was collected a month ago and the genetic background is similar to humans infected by swine H1N1 in 2007 in Ohio. However, the sequence has also acquired pH1N1 sequences that are found in almost all pH1N1 isolates. Moreover, most of these polymorphisms are non-synonymous and at least one polymorphism traces back to 1918. [...]

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EL SALVADOR: Flu epidemic rages

SDPnoticias.com, Bloomberg report [machine trans., edited] <http://sdpnoticias.com/sdp/contenido/2010/07/27/4/1085305> Health authorities in El Salvador issued a flu epidemic alert, with an average of 14 000 cases a day, exceeding those of dengue fever. Health Minister Maria Isabel Rodriguez told local media that 11 of the 14 departments of the country are the worst affected by respiratory disease. [...]

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