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Source: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/influenza-flu-calgary-alberta-1.3923677
Changing flu strain contributes to 40 Calgary outbreaks and 300 hospitalizations
H3N2 a tricky strain that can change over the course of a flu season, expert says
CBC News Posted: Jan 06, 2017 3:00 AM MT Last Updated: Jan 06, 2017 3:00 AM MT
A strain of influenza sweeping through Alberta this winter is a particularly serious one that can still sicken people who received a flu vaccination.
Calgary has seen nearly 40 influenza outbreaks at hospitals and long-term care facilities since September. The bug that's hitting Albertans right now is Influenza A H3N2, according to Calgary's medical officer of health, Dr. Judy MacDonald...
...The Calgary zone has seen 1,036 lab-confirmed cases of influenza, according to AHS. More than 300 Calgarians have been hospitalized with lab confirmed cases of influenza...
...Of the 13 Albertans who have died with lab-confirmed influenza, five of them were from the Calgary area.
There were 55 influenza-related deaths reported in Alberta during last year's flu season...
Changing flu strain contributes to 40 Calgary outbreaks and 300 hospitalizations
H3N2 a tricky strain that can change over the course of a flu season, expert says
CBC News Posted: Jan 06, 2017 3:00 AM MT Last Updated: Jan 06, 2017 3:00 AM MT
A strain of influenza sweeping through Alberta this winter is a particularly serious one that can still sicken people who received a flu vaccination.
Calgary has seen nearly 40 influenza outbreaks at hospitals and long-term care facilities since September. The bug that's hitting Albertans right now is Influenza A H3N2, according to Calgary's medical officer of health, Dr. Judy MacDonald...
...The Calgary zone has seen 1,036 lab-confirmed cases of influenza, according to AHS. More than 300 Calgarians have been hospitalized with lab confirmed cases of influenza...
...Of the 13 Albertans who have died with lab-confirmed influenza, five of them were from the Calgary area.
There were 55 influenza-related deaths reported in Alberta during last year's flu season...