12 year old dies reportedly from flu Jan. 5 2014-NE Tennessee

[Niko]

I don't have any "official" news. However, friends have passed the word about their friend & classmate who has died from the flu. Apparently she was sick with the flu. On Sunday, she complained to family members that she couldn't breath. They drove her to the hhospital emergency room where she passed away. This young girl was one of my daughter's best friends. I admit I don't know her well & do not know her family. Since the kids have been out of school for the holidays & haven't returned due to the weather, my information is from social media. Taylor Smith's obituary was in the paper today but no mention about cause of death.

[sharon sanders]

Re: 12 year old dies reportedly from flu Jan. 5 2014-NE Tennessee

Hi Niko!

I found this....

Taylor Scout Smith, JOHNSON CITY

Published January 6th, 2014 10:36 pm


Taylor Scout Smith, 12 years old, resident of Johnson City, TN danced into heaven on January 5, 2014.

- See more at: http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/obit....vYwR5kPG.dpuf


Our most sincere condolences to the family of this young person.

[Shiloh]

Re: 12 year old dies reportedly from flu Jan. 5 2014-NE Tennessee

Source: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20...nclick_check=1

State reports first child death this flu season
Jan. 8, 2014 2:29 PM

Written by
Tom Wilemon
The Tennessean

A child in Tennessee has died from flu complications, the Tennessee Department of Health said today.

This is the first confirmed pediatric flu death of the 2013-2014 flu season. The state tracks deaths among people younger than 18 and pregnant women, then reports those numbers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...

[Niko]

Re: 12 year old dies reportedly from flu Jan. 5 2014-NE Tennessee

12-year-old Liberty Bell student remembered as ‘old soul’

January 7th, 2014 9:01 pm by Becky Campbell

The family of a 12-year-old Liberty Bell Middle School student will do today what no family can prepare for — memorialize their child’s life that ended too soon.

Taylor Scout Smith died Sunday from complications from pneumonia, but Kathy Glasgow Oakes, the sister of Taylor’s mother, Ellen Smith, said her niece’s spirit will live on. The youngster had become ill last week, was treated for the flu and then developed pneumonia.
- See more at: http://www.johnsoncitypress.com/arti....HhDAHE02.dpuf

[NS1]

Re: 12 year old dies reportedly from flu Jan. 5 2014-NE Tennessee

pH1N1 Child Vaccine Escape
CDC Early 2013

Map - Active and Detailed

<div style="text-align: center;">
<hr style="width: 30%;" />41 Cases over 43 Sequences<hr style="width: 30%;" /></div>
Introduction

In the 30 days covering 2013-02-28 to 2013-03-29, the&nbsp;<span style="color: #783f04;"><b>United States CDC</b></span>&nbsp;released a total of 43&nbsp;<b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">pH1N1</span></b>&nbsp;sequences at&nbsp;<strong>GISAID&nbsp;</strong>on 41 human cases<strong>&nbsp;</strong>sampled from October 2012 to February 2013. Geographic surveillance includes&nbsp;<b>America,</b>&nbsp;<b>Africa, Asia </b>and<b> Russia.&nbsp;</b>Although&nbsp;<b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">pH1N1</span></b>&nbsp;in most locales during the&nbsp;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>&nbsp;<b><span style="color: #632423; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;;">pH1N1&nbsp;</span><span style="color: #783f04;">Upsilon</span></b> polymorphisms onto single sequences.

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Read the Open-Access, Full-Text
Investigational Analytic
including Genetic Details

[NS1]

Re: 12 year old dies reportedly from flu Jan. 5 2014-NE Tennessee

pH1N1 Genetic Sequence
Sparsity
for
Tennessee

Only two genetic sequences are on file from Tennessee during 2013 with none after March. Those distant sequences suggest a circulation pattern similar to Texas and New Mexico.

[NS1]

Re: 12 year old dies reportedly from flu Jan. 5 2014-NE Tennessee

pH1N1 Genetic Sequence
Sparsity
for
Tennessee

Only two genetic sequences are on file from Tennessee during 2013 with none after March. Those distant sequences suggest a circulation pattern similar to Texas and New Mexico.

pH1N1 TamiFlu Resistance

The most recent Tennessee sequence, sampled from a 53 year old woman in March 2013, is Drug Resistant (TmX275 onto a very common Neuraminidase) and displays CrossClade tendencies with Emergent H7N9 homology on the Hemagglutinin.

The Neuraminidase lineage is common; The CrossClade Hemagglutinin lineage was widespread to geographies supporting avian inclusions, e.g. Brazil [EPI484739] and Costa Rica [EPI484980].

[NS1]

Re: 12 year old dies reportedly from flu Jan. 5 2014-NE Tennessee

pH1N1 Genetic Sequence
Sparsity
for
Tennessee

Only two genetic sequences are on file from Tennessee during 2013 with none after March. Those distant sequences suggest a circulation pattern similar to Texas and New Mexico.

Texas communicated two TamiFlu Resistant cases in this week's Public Health report.