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Maine hospitals seeing surge in flu cases, mostly of more severe type
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BY JOE LAWLORSTAFF WRITER
Flu season is underway, and although Maine so far is experiencing fewer cases of seasonal flu than most states, the predominant strain of influenza circulating in Maine and most of the U.S. is more severe than last year and more likely to require hospitalization.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 373 cases of flu through Dec. 23, the latest data available, with 99 hospitalizations.
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Fourteen percent of cases required hospitalization in 2016-17, compared with 26 percent so far this season.
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http://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/...lu-patients-amid-fears-of-more-severe-strain/
Maine hospitals seeing surge in flu cases, mostly of more severe type
...
BY JOE LAWLORSTAFF WRITER
Flu season is underway, and although Maine so far is experiencing fewer cases of seasonal flu than most states, the predominant strain of influenza circulating in Maine and most of the U.S. is more severe than last year and more likely to require hospitalization.
The Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention reported 373 cases of flu through Dec. 23, the latest data available, with 99 hospitalizations.
...
Fourteen percent of cases required hospitalization in 2016-17, compared with 26 percent so far this season.
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http://www.pressherald.com/2018/01/...lu-patients-amid-fears-of-more-severe-strain/