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  2. Spanish flu - Wikipedia

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    Dr Terrence Tumpey examines a reconstructed version of the Spanish flu virus at the CDC. An effort to recreate the Spanish flu strain (a strain of influenza A subtype H1N1) was a collaboration among the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, the USDA ARS Southeast Poultry Research Laboratory, and Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York

  3. 2009 swine flu pandemic in South America - Wikipedia

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    The 2009 flu pandemic in South America was part of a global epidemic in 2009 of a new strain of influenza A virus subtype H1N1, causing what has been commonly called swine flu. As of 9 June 2009, the virus had affected at least 2,000 people in South America, with at least 4 confirmed deaths.

  4. 2009 swine flu pandemic in Spain - Wikipedia

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    The new strain was identified as a combination of several different strains of Influenzavirus A, subtype H1N1, including separate strains of this subtype circulating in humans (see Human influenza) and in pigs (see Swine influenza). Spain was the first country in continental Europe to report cases of swine flu, in late April 2009.

  5. A terrifying new flu-like disease has killed nearly 150 ... - AOL

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    The unidentified disease has infected at least 300 people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo since November 10, causing flu-like symptoms, that country’s health ministry told the BBC.

  6. 2009 swine flu pandemic in Argentina - Wikipedia

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    In Argentina, seasonal flu outbreaks kill about 4,000 people each year, equivalent to a rate of 10 deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. [10] The contingency plan developed in 2006 to face a possible influenza pandemic estimated that the dead could reach 13,000 in the event of a moderate rate of infection (15%) and 30,000 in the event of a serious ...

  7. Risk Factors for Severe Flu Doctors Want You to Know About - AOL

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    A new CDC report details risk factors for developing severe flu. People hospitalized with the virus over the past 13 years were more likely to have at least one of these risk factors.

  8. Flu cases ‘very high’ in New Mexico. Which counties had ...

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    New Mexico’s flu vaccination coverage rate for adults was in the middle of the pack for the week ending Jan. 6, coming in somewhere between 46.4% and 48.6%, according to the CDC.

  9. Prevention of influenza - Wikipedia

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    Reasonably effective ways to reduce the transmission of influenza include good personal health and hygiene habits such as: not touching your eyes, nose or mouth; [6] frequent hand washing (with soap and water, or with alcohol-based hand rubs); [6] eating a diet rich in fruits and vegetables; [16] covering coughs and sneezes; avoiding close contact with sick people; and staying home yourself if ...