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AU: Seven-fold increase in summer flu <hr style="color: rgb(209, 209, 225); background-color: rgb(209, 209, 225);" size="1"> Source: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/well...224-1970o.html
Seven-fold increase in summer flu
Tony Moore
December 24, 2010 - 12:56PM
There has been a seven-fold increase in the number of serious cases of flu in December, Queensland Health has confirmed.
There have been 57 laboratory-confirmed case of influenza in Brisbane since the start of the month, seven times the eight notifications for December 2009.
Queensland-wide, there have been 338 confirmed flu cases, more than seven times the 47 in December 2009.
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Queensland Health's acting chief health officer Aaron Groves said the flu season in Brisbane started in September, which was later than last year, when the flu season hit in the May to July period.
However, Dr Groves said 2010 had been an overall milder year for flu cases...
AU: Seven-fold increase in summer flu <hr style="color: rgb(209, 209, 225); background-color: rgb(209, 209, 225);" size="1"> Source: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/well...224-1970o.html
Seven-fold increase in summer flu
Tony Moore
December 24, 2010 - 12:56PM
There has been a seven-fold increase in the number of serious cases of flu in December, Queensland Health has confirmed.
There have been 57 laboratory-confirmed case of influenza in Brisbane since the start of the month, seven times the eight notifications for December 2009.
Queensland-wide, there have been 338 confirmed flu cases, more than seven times the 47 in December 2009.
Advertisement: Story continues below
Queensland Health's acting chief health officer Aaron Groves said the flu season in Brisbane started in September, which was later than last year, when the flu season hit in the May to July period.
However, Dr Groves said 2010 had been an overall milder year for flu cases...