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Local woman dies from flu after giving birth
Updated: Saturday, January 11 2014, 04:44 PM CST
... Kendra Fendt developed the flu several weeks ago while she was pregnant and doctors took the baby before full term. Fendt was airlifted to UAB hospital in Birmingham for treatment. But Kendra died on Thursday...
In the 32 days covering 2013-10-17 to 2013-11-19, the <span style="color: #783f04;"><b>United States CDC</b></span> released a total of 49 <b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">pH1N1</span></b> sequences at <strong>GISAID </strong>on 46 human cases<strong> </strong>sampled from February 2013 to October 2013. Geographic surveillance includes <b>America,</b> <b>Africa, Asia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay </b>and<b> Peru. </b>
The sequences in this Analytic Report describe a high level of genetic activity at the <b><span style="color: #274e13;">Hemagglutinin</span></b> <b><span style="color: #660000;">antigenic area</span></b> between <b><span style="color: blue;">aa155</span></b> and <b><span style="color: blue;">aa158</span></b> with <b>5</b> amino variations and <b>4</b> silent revisions. <b><span style="color: #274e13;">HA</span></b> <b><span style="color: blue;">225G</span></b> is present in <b><span style="color: #660000;">quasi-species</span></b> on <b>2</b> American samples and as dominant form in <b>2</b> tropical countries. The <b>Dominican Republic</b> <b><span style="color: #274e13;">HA</span></b> <b><span style="color: blue;">225G</span></b> <b><span style="color: #660000;">Low Reactor</span></b> appears on a <b><span style="color: #7f6000;">TamiFlu Resistant</span></b> strain. <b><span style="color: #7f6000;">Drug Resistance</span></b> is also found in <b>2</b> US sequences and <b>1</b> South American case . . .
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In the 30 days covering 2013-02-28 to 2013-03-29, the <span style="color: #783f04;"><b>United States CDC</b></span> released a total of 43 <b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">pH1N1</span></b> sequences at <strong>GISAID </strong>on 41 human cases<strong> </strong>sampled from October 2012 to February 2013. Geographic surveillance includes <b>America,</b> <b>Africa, Asia </b>and<b> Russia. </b>Although <b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">pH1N1</span></b> in most locales during the 2012-2013 season was the <b><span style="color: #783f04;">minority</span></b> serotype, the sequences in this Analytic Report describe a high level of human-infective diversity and an ease of avian genetic acquisition, including multiple instances demonstrating concentrated transport of <b><span style="color: #660000;">High-CFR</span></b> <b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">pH1N1 </span><span style="color: #783f04;">Upsilon</span></b> polymorphisms onto single sequences.
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Pace community mourns death of young woman as flu season peaks
Updated: Monday, January 13 2014, 11:59 AM CST
PACE -- Flu season is approaching it peak season. According to the Florida Heath Department-- Escambia, Okaloosa, and Santa Rosa Counties are among the moderately and mildly affected regions.
Though the statistics say the virus is not widespread, it is still devastating our communities.
Now a Pace woman--who was pregnant--has died after being diagnosed with the flu. How people are coping with the lost "Kendra Fendt's battle with the flu has affected many people within the Pace community. We spoke to some of them who are keeping Kendra's family in their prayers"...
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