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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]
The 2009 swine flu pandemic, caused by the H1N1/swine flu/influenza virus and declared by the World Health Organization (WHO) from June 2009 to August 2010, was the third recent flu pandemic involving the H1N1 virus (the first being the 1918–1920 Spanish flu pandemic and the second being the 1977 Russian flu).
The H1N1 pandemic of 2009 was the first public health emergency of international concern designated by the World Health Organization. While H1N1/09 was the primary strain of flu seen that year, it was not unusually contagious or lethal. Most cases were mild, although those who had to be hospitalized were often severely ill.
On May 10, a 30-year-old man with underlying health problems died in Washington from H1N1, the first fatality in that state. [30] On May 17, 55-year-old Mitchell Wiener, an assistant principal at Intermediate School 238 in Hollis, Queens died from H1N1, making it the first H1N1 related fatality in the state of New York. Wiener suffered from ...
The highest number of deaths in children was 288 during the 2009-2010 season, which was during the height of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic. The CDC report also noted that flu vaccine use in children ...
On May 3, 2009, the CDC confirmed the state's first H1N1 infection, that of a Kootenai County woman in her 60s. On September 29, 2009, The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare confirmed that a Canyon County man in his 50s, with an already existing medical condition, died from the H1N1 virus, by which time 488 cases had been confirmed.
The CDC recommends real-time PCR as the method of choice for diagnosing H1N1. [44] The oral or nasal fluid collection and RNA virus-preserving filter-paper card is commercially available. [45] This method allows a specific diagnosis of novel influenza (H1N1) as opposed to seasonal influenza. Near-patient point-of-care tests are in development. [46]
The CDC says everyone should be vaccinated by the end of October. What are the types of vaccines for this 2024-2025 flu season? ... (H1N1) virus, an A(H3N2) virus and a B/Victoria virus).