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Indiana: Indiana Reporting 138 H3N2v Cases Across 23 Counties
Re: Indiana: Monroe County fair's swine barn closed after pigs, humans sickened with suspected H3N2v - at least one confirmed human H3N2v infection in Jackson County, suspect cases in both humans and swine reported in other counties
That may represent additional exposures. No human cases have yet been confirmed in Hendricks or Monroe counties, both of which reported suspect cases earlier in this thread.
It is becoming difficult to keep track of all the suspect and confirmed cases here.
Re: Indiana: Monroe County fair's swine barn closed after pigs, humans sickened with suspected H3N2v - at least 11 confirmed human H3N2v infection so far, suspect cases in both humans and swine reported in other counties
At least two confirmed human infections from the Monroe County Fair that started this thread:
2 people who had contact with pigs at fair contracted variant influenza A, CDC says
By Dann Denny
331-4350 | ddenny@heraldt.com
August 7, 2012
Two people who were in contact with pigs at the Monroe County Fair last week contracted variant influenza A (H3N2v),
As the epidemiological investigation continues into the outbreaks of swine-origin H3N2v influenza in Ohio and Indiana, the number of confirmed human infections continues to rise.
This afternoon the Indiana State Department of Health released the following press release, which indicates they have now confirmed 113 cases across 18 counties.
This is more than a ten-fold increase over the number of cases they were reporting on Saturday (see ISDH: Indiana Announces 6 More H3N2v Cases). The identification of more positive cases are expected.
While they are investigating the possibility of human-to-human transmission, they have not determined that at this time.
We will obviously be watching to see if the neighboring state of Ohio reports a rise in their case counts as well.
INDIANAPOLIS?Health officials have now confirmed 113 cases of variant influenza A (H3N2v), impacting 18 counties statewide. State and local health officials continue to investigate the outbreak. More cases are expected to be confirmed this week.
Variant influenza A cases have been confirmed in the following counties: Bartholomew, Greene, Hamilton, Hendricks, Jackson, Jennings, Johnson, Kosciusko, LaPorte, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, Owen, Porter, Scott, Tipton, Washington, and White. No cases have been reported in Marion County at this time.
The Indiana State Department of Health has set up a call center to answer the general public?s questions regarding variant influenza A. The call center is open from 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. The call center telephone number is (877) 826-0011.
?It?s important for folks to remember this is a mild illness with symptoms similar to what we see with seasonal flu,? said State Health Commissioner Gregory Larkin, M.D. ?Because this is a relatively new strain of flu, only first seen in July of last year, a vaccine is not yet available. However, you can help to protect yourself by practicing thorough and frequent hand washing and by being mindful not to eat around barn animals.?
Flu symptoms usually include fever and respiratory symptoms, such as cough, sore throat, and runny nose, and possibly other symptoms, such as body aches, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea. Symptoms may last anywhere from three to eight days.
To avoid influenza and other respiratory infections, Hoosiers are reminded to follow these simple practices: ? Wash your hands frequently, including before and after touching animals. ? Never eat, drink, or put anything in your mouth when visiting animal areas. ? Older adults, pregnant women, young children, and people with weakened immune systems should be extra careful around animals. ? Cough or sneeze into your sleeve or elbow. ? If possible, avoid contact with those who are ill. ? Stay home if you develop influenza symptoms and contact your health care provider. Health officials have not determined person to person transmission at this time, but continue to investigate the possibility. Variant Influenza A virus can be directly transmitted from swine to people and from people to swine. Human infections are most likely to occur when people are in close proximity to live infected pigs, such as working with them in barns and livestock exhibits at fairs. Influenza viruses are not transmitted by eating pork and pork products. Additional information regarding influenza can be found at the Indiana State Department of Health website at www.in.gov/isdh/25462.htm.
For more on this outbreak of H3N2v swine flu, you may wish to visit the CDC?s summary as of last Friday.
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When six pigs came down with a high fever, the Board of Animal Health cleared out the barn a day early.
"I have never seen it this empty so soon," Bret Marsh, with the Board of Animal Health, told RTV6's Stacia Matthews. "We were actually down just a few hundred pigs after the 4-H exhibits, so, we're down to a very few."
"It's very disappointing," fair visitor Carol Wrightsman said. "There's no animals here. You spend lots of money to come see the animals, and we get nothing."
Sixty-eight people in Monroe County have contracted influenza A, a virus that was found in pigs at the county’s fair earlier this month, according to the Monroe County Health Department.
The department says it continues to monitor those individuals to determine the seriousness of the cases.
“We are now interviewing the local people whose cases were confirmed,” Monroe County Health Department Administrator Penny Caudill said in a press release. “We’re documenting how the virus may have been transmitted and how ill the people have become.”
Caudill says as far as her department can tell, the virus has not spread from human to human.
Symptoms of variant influenza A virus are similar to seasonal flu symptoms. They include fever, chills, headache, coughing, sore throat, muscle aches and, in children, may include diarrhea and nausea, the Health Department says.
After concerns about potential flu in several pigs and a rash of illness among swine across the state, the State Fair sent home most of the animals housed in its swine barn. Even though humans have tested positive for influenza A, the state says it’s not a cause for concern.
Though tests across Indiana have confirmed swine flu in the last several weeks, most recently in Monroe County, no flu has been identified in any animals or humans at the State Fair.
State Board of Animal Health spokesperson Denise Derrer says animal illness is a fairly common occurrence at fairs.
“What we’re seeing that’s a little unusual this year is it seems to be an influenza virus or two – we’ve had more than one strain diagnosed,” she says. “It just seems that that’s what’s cropping up this year and we’re not sure exactly what’s going on that it’s this.”
Indiana Pork spokesperson Sarah Ford is quick to note it’s not an epidemic…and she says the public doesn’t need to worry.
“Consumers should have zero concern about eating pork products,” she says. “You cannot get the flu from eating pork products.”
And both Derrer and Ford say it’s safe for the public to continue visiting the swine barn at the State Fair; they simply advise people to wash their hands thoroughly after doing so.
After concerns about potential flu in several pigs and a rash of illness among swine across the state, the State Fair sent home most of the animals housed in its swine barn. Even though humans have tested positive for influenza A, the state says it?s not a cause for concern.
Though tests across Indiana have confirmed swine flu in the last several weeks, most recently in Monroe County, no flu has been identified in any animals or humans at the State Fair.
State Board of Animal Health spokesperson Denise Derrer says animal illness is a fairly common occurrence at fairs.
?What we?re seeing that?s a little unusual this year is it seems to be an influenza virus or two ? we?ve had more than one strain diagnosed,? she says. ?It just seems that that?s what?s cropping up this year and we?re not sure exactly what?s going on that it?s this.?
Indiana Pork spokesperson Sarah Ford is quick to note it?s not an epidemic?and she says the public doesn?t need to worry.
?Consumers should have zero concern about eating pork products,? she says. ?You cannot get the flu from eating pork products.?
And both Derrer and Ford say it?s safe for the public to continue visiting the swine barn at the State Fair; they simply advise people to wash their hands thoroughly after doing so.
Pigs commonly get the flu. That is normal. It depends what is circulating.
Re: Indiana: Indiana Reporting 113 H3N2v Cases Across 18 Counties
[Source: Indiana Health Deparment, full page: (LINK). Edited.]
Two Confirmed Cases of Variant Influenza A in Tippecanoe County
Start Date: 8/9/2012 Start Time: 12:00 AM / End Date: 8/9/2012 End Time: 11:59 PM
Entry Description
INDIANAPOLIS?Today health officials confirmed two cases of variant influenza A in Tippecanoe County and a slight increase in some counties already known to have cases, bringing the statewide total to 120 confirmed cases. Nineteen counties in Indiana have now been impacted by this outbreak.
The Indiana State Department of Health has set up a call center to answer the general public?s questions regarding variant influenza A. The call center is open from 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. The call center telephone number is (877) 826-0011.
Flu symptoms usually include fever and respiratory symptoms, such as cough, sore throat, and runny nose, and possibly other symptoms, such as body aches, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea. Symptoms may last anywhere from three to eight days.
To avoid influenza and other respiratory infections, Hoosiers are reminded to follow these simple practices:
Wash your hands frequently, including before and after touching animals.
Never eat, drink, or put anything in your mouth when visiting animal areas.
Older adults, pregnant women, young children, and people with weakened immune systems should be extra careful around animals.
Cough or sneeze into your sleeve or elbow.
If possible, avoid contact with those who are ill.
Stay home if you develop influenza symptoms and contact your health care provider.
Health officials have not determined person to person transmission at this time, but continue to investigate the possibility. Variant Influenza A virus can be directly transmitted from swine to people and from people to swine.
Human infections are most likely to occur when people are in close proximity to live infected pigs, such as working with them in barns and livestock exhibits at fairs. Influenza viruses are not transmitted by eating pork and pork products.
Additional information regarding influenza can be found at the Indiana State Department of Health website at www.in.gov/isdh/25462.htm.
8/14/2012 12:01:00 PM
23 residents test positive for new influenza virus
By MARCIA WALKER
Staff Writer
Twenty-three individuals in Washington County have tested positive for H3N2v influenza virus, according to information provided Monday afternoon by Kenneth D. Severson, with the Indiana State Department of Health. Statewide, there have been 138 cases.
Lindsey Brough, public health nurse for Washington County, said so far, transmission of the virus has been from pig to human and human to pig, there has been no transmission between people. The disease is not spread by eating pork or pork products.
The ISDH has set up a call center to answer the general public's questions regarding influenza A. The call center is open from 8:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday. The number is 877-826-0011...
Re: Indiana: Indiana Reporting 113 H3N2v Cases Across 18 Counties
[Source: US State of Indiana Department of Health, full page: (LINK). Edited.]
[ISDH] 23 INDIANA COUNTIES CONFIRMED TO HAVE VARIANT INFLUENZA A (8/16/2012)
Start Date: 8/16/2012 / Start Time: 12:00 AM
End Date: 8/16/2012
INDIANAPOLIS?Marion, Marshall, and Delaware counties now join 20 previously identified counties where cases of variant influenza A (H3N2v) have been confirmed.
The total number of cases, however, remains at 138, as announced earlier this week.
The Indiana State Department of Health recently found some duplication in the samples submitted to the State Laboratory and has adjusted the number of cases confirmed in some counties.
Counties with lower than previously reported cases include Monroe (61) and Hamilton (1).
In total, variant influenza A cases have been confirmed in the following counties:
Bartholomew,
Delaware,
Greene,
Hamilton,
Hendricks,
Jackson,
Jennings,
Johnson,
Kosciusko,
LaPorte,
Lawrence,
Marion,
Marshall,
Monroe,
Morgan,
Owen,
Porter,
Scott,
Tippecanoe,
Tipton,
Washington,
White, and
Whitley.
The Indiana State Department of Health has set up a call center to answer the general public?s questions regarding variant influenza A. The call center is open from 8:15 a.m.-4:45 p.m., Monday through Friday. The call center telephone number is (877) 826-0011.
Flu symptoms usually include fever and respiratory symptoms, such as cough, sore throat, and runny nose, and possibly other symptoms, such as body aches, nausea or vomiting, or diarrhea. Symptoms may last anywhere from three to eight days.
To avoid influenza and other respiratory infections, Hoosiers are reminded to follow these simple practices:
Wash your hands frequently, including before and after touching animals.
Never eat, drink, or put anything in your mouth when visiting animal areas.
Older adults, pregnant women, young children, and people with weakened immune systems should be extra careful around animals.
Cough or sneeze into your sleeve or elbow.
If possible, avoid contact with those who are ill.
Stay home if you develop influenza symptoms and contact your health care provider.
Immunocompromised individuals, such as those with diabetes and other chronic disease, as well as pregnant women and the elderly, should consider avoiding entering into enclosed areas where swine are present as a precaution.
Health officials have not determined person to person transmission at this time, but continue to investigate the possibility.
Variant Influenza A virus can be directly transmitted from swine to people and from people to swine. Human infections are most likely to occur when people are in close proximity to live infected pigs, such as working with them in barns and livestock exhibits at fairs. Influenza viruses are not transmitted by eating pork and pork products.
Additional information regarding influenza can be found at the Indiana State Department of Health website at www.StateHealth.in.gov.
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