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Published Date: 2018-08-25 03:15:12
Subject: PRO/SOAS> Influenza (41): India (Maharashtra) H1N1, fatal
Archive Number: 20180825.5983713
INFLUENZA (41): INDIA (MAHARASHTRA) H1N1, FATAL
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Date: Fri 24 Aug 2018 08:19 IST
Source: The Times of India (TOI), Times News Network (TNN) [edited]
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/65522090.cms
A 55-year-old woman from Hadapsar succumbed to swine flu [influenza A/H1N1]-associated complications at a private hospital on [21 Aug 2018], taking the H1N1 casualty count in the city [Pune] to 3 this year [2018] so far. The woman had developed fever with cough and mild breathlessness on [6 Aug 2018], for which she consulted a neighbourhood doctor. When her condition worsened, she was admitted to KEM [King Edward Memorial] hospital on [11 Aug 2018]. However, she was shifted to Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital for better care the same day [11 Aug 2018].
"She developed sepsis during the course of her treatment and succumbed to H1N1 pneumonia, sepsis with acute respiratory distress syndrome around 2.40 pm on [21 Aug 2018]," a doctor from the hospital said.
As many as 11 patients diagnosed with the contagion are currently critical and have been put on ventilator support at different hospitals in the city. Of them, 5 are local residents, while the remaining ones were referred to hospitals in the city from adjoining rural parts for better treatment.
Since 2009 swine flu pandemic, the California strain of the virus [influenza A/H1N1] had been doing the rounds in India. Since January this year [2018], however, NIV [National Institute of Virology, Pune] scientists have been seeing only the Michigan strain of the swine flu virus. Experts said the new strain could be behind the increase in cases and mortality, but it is yet to be proved scientifically.
"The new strain of the virus is sensitive to oseltamivir drug popularly known as Tamiflu or Fluvir medicines," a scientist working with NIV said.
As per the NIV scientists, the molecular markers of virulence do not indicate that this strain (Michigan strain) is more virulent than the California strain. "But since this is a new strain, the entire population for the virus is entirely virgin and the existing herd immunity in the community is of no use against the new strain," he said.
To check the number of cases and mortality, the Maharashtra government has been providing vaccine doses to districts and municipal corporations for free vaccination since July 2015.
Initially, the vaccine was on offer only for pregnant women in 2nd and 3rd trimester. Later, in December 2015, people with diabetes and hypertension were also covered. "Children below the age of 5, elderly people aged 65 or more, people suffering from lung, kidney and liver diseases, people on long-term steroid medications and those with low immunity are vulnerable to the contagion," doctors said.
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[Early diagnosis and treatment with antivirals can reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with influenza. High-risk patients need to seek medical care early in the course of the disease to prevent influenza-associated complications.
Recommended measures to protect against influenza can be found at https://www.nhp.gov.in/sites/default...-flu_small.png.
The national guidelines for seasonal influenza from the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare can be found at https://mohfw.gov.in/media/disease-a...cal-guidelines.
Maps of India can be seen at http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/indi...itical-map.htm and http://healthmap.org/promed/p/59517. - Mod.SN]
http://www.promedmail.org/direct.php...180825.5983713
Subject: PRO/SOAS> Influenza (41): India (Maharashtra) H1N1, fatal
Archive Number: 20180825.5983713
INFLUENZA (41): INDIA (MAHARASHTRA) H1N1, FATAL
***********************************************
A ProMED-mail post
ProMED-mail is a program of the
International Society for Infectious Diseases
Date: Fri 24 Aug 2018 08:19 IST
Source: The Times of India (TOI), Times News Network (TNN) [edited]
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/65522090.cms
A 55-year-old woman from Hadapsar succumbed to swine flu [influenza A/H1N1]-associated complications at a private hospital on [21 Aug 2018], taking the H1N1 casualty count in the city [Pune] to 3 this year [2018] so far. The woman had developed fever with cough and mild breathlessness on [6 Aug 2018], for which she consulted a neighbourhood doctor. When her condition worsened, she was admitted to KEM [King Edward Memorial] hospital on [11 Aug 2018]. However, she was shifted to Deenanath Mangeshkar hospital for better care the same day [11 Aug 2018].
"She developed sepsis during the course of her treatment and succumbed to H1N1 pneumonia, sepsis with acute respiratory distress syndrome around 2.40 pm on [21 Aug 2018]," a doctor from the hospital said.
As many as 11 patients diagnosed with the contagion are currently critical and have been put on ventilator support at different hospitals in the city. Of them, 5 are local residents, while the remaining ones were referred to hospitals in the city from adjoining rural parts for better treatment.
Since 2009 swine flu pandemic, the California strain of the virus [influenza A/H1N1] had been doing the rounds in India. Since January this year [2018], however, NIV [National Institute of Virology, Pune] scientists have been seeing only the Michigan strain of the swine flu virus. Experts said the new strain could be behind the increase in cases and mortality, but it is yet to be proved scientifically.
"The new strain of the virus is sensitive to oseltamivir drug popularly known as Tamiflu or Fluvir medicines," a scientist working with NIV said.
As per the NIV scientists, the molecular markers of virulence do not indicate that this strain (Michigan strain) is more virulent than the California strain. "But since this is a new strain, the entire population for the virus is entirely virgin and the existing herd immunity in the community is of no use against the new strain," he said.
To check the number of cases and mortality, the Maharashtra government has been providing vaccine doses to districts and municipal corporations for free vaccination since July 2015.
Initially, the vaccine was on offer only for pregnant women in 2nd and 3rd trimester. Later, in December 2015, people with diabetes and hypertension were also covered. "Children below the age of 5, elderly people aged 65 or more, people suffering from lung, kidney and liver diseases, people on long-term steroid medications and those with low immunity are vulnerable to the contagion," doctors said.
--
Communicated by:
ProMED-SoAs from HealthMap Alerts
[Early diagnosis and treatment with antivirals can reduce the morbidity and mortality associated with influenza. High-risk patients need to seek medical care early in the course of the disease to prevent influenza-associated complications.
Recommended measures to protect against influenza can be found at https://www.nhp.gov.in/sites/default...-flu_small.png.
The national guidelines for seasonal influenza from the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare can be found at https://mohfw.gov.in/media/disease-a...cal-guidelines.
Maps of India can be seen at http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/indi...itical-map.htm and http://healthmap.org/promed/p/59517. - Mod.SN]
http://www.promedmail.org/direct.php...180825.5983713
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