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Swine flu is back
Tue, Apr 17th, 2012 10:15 pm BdST
Nurul Islam Hasib
bdnews24.com Public Health Correspondent
Dhaka, Apr 17 (bdnews24.com) ? Swine flu strikes back in Bangladesh after two years as the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has confirmed an outbreak in a northern district's nursing dormitory on Tuesday.
At least 14 have been tested H1N1 positive, director Prof Mahmudur Rahman told bdnews24.com.
A six-member IEDCR team rushed to the Kurigram nursing institute on April 12 after the deputy civil surgeon of the district informed the national institute that 42 students of the dormitory were down with an unknown ailment.
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"We are not worried at this moment. But the thing is that the virus is back after two years," Prof Rahman said, adding it killed eight and caused sufferings to thousands during 2009 pandemic.
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With four strains of flu virus ? H5N1, H1N1, H3N2 and H9N2 ? circulating in the air, global experts warn Bangladesh against resurgence of a new mutated form of a virus.
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Tue, Apr 17th, 2012 10:15 pm BdST
Nurul Islam Hasib
bdnews24.com Public Health Correspondent
Dhaka, Apr 17 (bdnews24.com) ? Swine flu strikes back in Bangladesh after two years as the Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) has confirmed an outbreak in a northern district's nursing dormitory on Tuesday.
At least 14 have been tested H1N1 positive, director Prof Mahmudur Rahman told bdnews24.com.
A six-member IEDCR team rushed to the Kurigram nursing institute on April 12 after the deputy civil surgeon of the district informed the national institute that 42 students of the dormitory were down with an unknown ailment.
...
"We are not worried at this moment. But the thing is that the virus is back after two years," Prof Rahman said, adding it killed eight and caused sufferings to thousands during 2009 pandemic.
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With four strains of flu virus ? H5N1, H1N1, H3N2 and H9N2 ? circulating in the air, global experts warn Bangladesh against resurgence of a new mutated form of a virus.
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