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H1N1 Virus Found in 4-Year-Old Who Died Monday
By Tara Garcia Mathewson
Posted November 13, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. , updated November 13, 2009 at 4:48 p.m.
BREMERTON — The H1N1 virus was detected in a 4-year-old Kitsap County girl who died on Nov. 9, but it is unclear if the virus directly caused her death, according to the Kitsap County Health district.
According to Health District Director Scott Lindquist, the child did not exhibit usual H1N1 symptoms like fever, cough and sore throat.
“What we have here is a little girl that died unexpectedly and had a positive test" for H1N1, Lindquist said.
The child attended an East Bremerton pre-school. Lindquist said the Health District does not plan to ask the school to do anything differently as a result of this death.
“Our advice still remains cover your cough, don’t go to school if you’re sick, wash your hands and get your vaccine if you meet the criteria group,” Lindquist said.
It is the third death involving swine flu in Kitsap County, but the first of a child. A man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s, neither of whom had any other major health issues, died of H1N1 earlier this year.
Twenty-three people in Kitsap County have been hospitalized for H1N1, according to the health district.
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http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/13/h1n1-virus-found-4-year-old-who-died-monday/
By Tara Garcia Mathewson
Posted November 13, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. , updated November 13, 2009 at 4:48 p.m.
BREMERTON — The H1N1 virus was detected in a 4-year-old Kitsap County girl who died on Nov. 9, but it is unclear if the virus directly caused her death, according to the Kitsap County Health district.
According to Health District Director Scott Lindquist, the child did not exhibit usual H1N1 symptoms like fever, cough and sore throat.
“What we have here is a little girl that died unexpectedly and had a positive test" for H1N1, Lindquist said.
The child attended an East Bremerton pre-school. Lindquist said the Health District does not plan to ask the school to do anything differently as a result of this death.
“Our advice still remains cover your cough, don’t go to school if you’re sick, wash your hands and get your vaccine if you meet the criteria group,” Lindquist said.
It is the third death involving swine flu in Kitsap County, but the first of a child. A man in his 50s and a woman in her 40s, neither of whom had any other major health issues, died of H1N1 earlier this year.
Twenty-three people in Kitsap County have been hospitalized for H1N1, according to the health district.
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http://www.kitsapsun.com/news/2009/nov/13/h1n1-virus-found-4-year-old-who-died-monday/