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Children infected in the 2009 H1N1 flu pandemic were no more likely to be hospitalized with complications or get pneumonia than those who catch seasonal strains. About 1.5% of children with the H1N1 swine flu strain were hospitalized within 30 days, compared with 3.7% of those sick with a seasonal strain of H1N1 and 3.1% with an H3N2 virus. [198]
H5N1 bird flu has infected more than 50 people across seven states, with cases steadily climbing
The pandemic H1N1/09 virus is a swine origin influenza A virus subtype H1N1 strain that was responsible for the 2009 swine flu pandemic. This strain is often called swine flu by the public media due to the prevailing belief that it originated in pigs. The virus is believed to have originated around September 2008 in central Mexico.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the first two A/09(H1N1) swine flu cases in California on April 17, 2009, via the Border Infectious Disease Program, [135] for a San Diego County child, and a naval research facility studying a special diagnostic test, where influenza sample from the child from Imperial County was tested. [136]
According to researchers cited by The New York Times, "based on its genetic structure, the new virus is without question a type of swine influenza, derived originally from a strain that lived in pigs". [4] This origin gave rise to the nomenclature "swine flu", largely used by mass media in the first days of the epidemic.
The CDC recommends fairgoers avoid eating or drinking while visiting swine exhibits, and that the immunocompromised avoid the pens altogether Two people contract swine flu after visiting pigs at fairs
On 29 April, the first case of swine flu in Germany was confirmed by the Robert Koch Institute in the area of Regensburg. [2] [3] [4] A 22-year-old woman from Hamburg is also confirmed to have been infected by swine flu during a trip to Mexico. [4] A 37-year-old woman from Kulmbach is also confirmed to have become infected during a similar trip ...
The World Health Organization has declared the influenza H1N1 pandemic over. "The world is no longer in phase 6 of influenza pandemic alert," WHO director Margaret Chan said in a statement. "We ...