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Two Cases of Swine Flu Reported in Arkansas
09/13/2013 16:24 PM
09/13/2013 16:30 PM
LITTLE ROCK, AR (ADH News Release) - Two people in Arkansas have been infected with a strain of influenza (flu) known as H1N1(v) after contact with swine (pigs). These cases have been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
?A few times a year an animal variant of the influenza virus is identified in humans? said Dr. Dirk Haselow, State Epidemiologist. ?Viruses of this type typically cause only mild illness in those affected and, in contrast to seasonal flu, are not easily transmitted from person to person? added Haselow. ADH has carefully monitored the patient contacts for several days without evidence of any human to human spread. Both patients identified to date have recovered fully...
Two Cases of Swine Flu Reported in Arkansas
09/13/2013 16:24 PM
09/13/2013 16:30 PM
LITTLE ROCK, AR (ADH News Release) - Two people in Arkansas have been infected with a strain of influenza (flu) known as H1N1(v) after contact with swine (pigs). These cases have been confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
?A few times a year an animal variant of the influenza virus is identified in humans? said Dr. Dirk Haselow, State Epidemiologist. ?Viruses of this type typically cause only mild illness in those affected and, in contrast to seasonal flu, are not easily transmitted from person to person? added Haselow. ADH has carefully monitored the patient contacts for several days without evidence of any human to human spread. Both patients identified to date have recovered fully...
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