LA: Bossier Parish 3rd grader dies from H1N1

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H1N1 claims first pediatric victim in LA

H1N1 claims first pediatric victim in LA

State Health officials have confirmed the death of a Bossier City third grader was caused by H1N1 Influenza, one of several strains currently circulating. Eight-year-old, Kaitlyn Mills, died last week, just one day after becoming ill.

It's the first confirmed pediatric death in the state this flu season. A team of school psychologists are helping Central Park Elementary students deal with the loss.

http://www.watchfox29.com/content/n...tric-victim-in-LA/OUbQgdv8b02AayqOI7jWXw.cspx

 

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Re: LA: Bossier Parish 3rd grader dies from H1N1

pH1N1
GenoTypic Vaccine Escape
in
Louisiana
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The United States CDC today released a Louisiana genetic sequence from mid-November 2013 demonstrating a Receptor Binding Site variance in a mixture with wild type of HA 228A, an area recognised for high-probability Vaccine Escape.

The batch of sequences in this CDC deposit shows extensive ambiguity signaling quasi-species involvement.

Neither vaccination status, patient outcome, nor location was stipulated for this important RBS variance sequence.

 

[NS1]

Re: Influenza H1N1 pdm9 is the main strain seen this year in Louisiana - This year it is not more and not less severe than in 2009

Re: Influenza H1N1 pdm9 is the main strain seen this year in Louisiana - This year it is not more and not less severe than in 2009

pH1N1
GenoTypic Vaccine Escape
in
Louisiana
​

The United States CDC today released a Louisiana genetic sequence from mid-November 2013 demonstrating a Receptor Binding Site variance in a mixture with wild type of HA 228A, an area recognised for high-probability Vaccine Escape.

The batch of sequences in this CDC deposit shows extensive ambiguity signaling quasi-species involvement.

Neither vaccination status, patient outcome, nor location was stipulated for this important RBS variance sequence.

 

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Re: LA: Bossier Parish 3rd grader dies from H1N1

Flu cases continue to soar in SWLA: mainly H1N1

Posted: Jan 16, 2014 9:29 AM CST Updated: Jan 16, 2014 9:29 AM CST
By Britney Glaser -

State health officials are warning this year's flu looks a lot like the 2009 strain that killed thousands of people. Local infectious disease physician, Timothy Haman, explains what is making this year's flu so intense.

Hospitals in Southwest Louisiana are busy with the flu, reporting three times the baseline number. "Our flu activity right now is very elevated. The usual baseline is around 2.5 percent and we are well over 7.0 percent," said Dr. Haman with CHRISTUS St. Patrick Hospital.

Dr. Haman says the predominant strain is H1N1, the same as the deadly swine flu outbreak of 2009. "It tends to be a little more infectious and it tends to spread a little more easily than the other strains," he said.

Younger people are being hit especially hard by the flu this year and it is packing a nasty punch. "They can have a very severe response and develop what is called acute respiratory distress syndrome," said Dr. Haman, "and we have seen several cases of this, both at our hospital and other hospitals locally."

This year's flu test is not proving as effective as in years past. Some people presenting with flu-like symptoms are being told they do not have the flu. However, when those samples undergo more sensitive testing at a site in New Orleans, they test positive for the flu. "We had several patients that appeared to have very severe cases of the flu, but their swabs were negative so we contacted the Office of Public Health and were able to do some more sensitive and they did all return positive for flu," said Dr. Haman.

While a firm number on flu deaths has not been given this season, we have been told that there are around 10 in Southwest Louisiana.
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http://www.wafb.com/story/24470592/flu-cases-continue-to-soar-in-swla-mainly-h1n1