Mexico - WHO sees normal A/H1N1 outbreak in Mexico

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WHO sees normal A-H1N1 outbreak in Mexico

Eliminates the need to raise the alert level in the country. Expected cases of this flu from now until March

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GENEVA, January 24 .- The World Health Organization (WHO) considered that the outbreak of influenza A-H1N1 in Mexico corresponds to a normal cycle of the virus in the winter and ruled out the need to raise the alert level in the country .

"The virus is now prevalent H1N1, but this has to do more as a normal event at this time of year," said the expert on flu pandemics WHO Gregory Hartl.

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[Giuseppe]

Re: Mexico - WHO sees normal A/H1N1 outbreak in Mexico

Without any doubts the prevalence of an influenza A virus depends on hosts antibody protective level and many other factors, included weather.

So far, Mexico is the country most affected by A(H1N1)pdm09 virus in the world as seen in the GISRS real-time database: http://www.who.int/influenza/gisrs_laboratory/flunet/en/index.html


Country: Mexico
Specimens colelcted: ...
Specimens Processed: 243
Influenza A(H1N1) old seasonal: 0
Influenza A(H1N1)pdm09: 119
Influenza A(H3N2): 3
Influenza A(H5N1): 0
Influenza A not further subtyped: 3
Totale Influenza A viruses isolated: 125
Yamagata B: 0
Victoria B: 0
B untyped: 0
Totale Influenza B: 0
Total A+B: 125
ILI activity: Local Outbreak

It would be desiderable to know how the current circulating A(H1N1)pdm09 strain matches trivalent seasonal influenza vaccine. (IOH).