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Ohio - Dept of Health: Worst flu season on record

sharon sanders

Editor-in-Chief & President
Officials confirm Ohio flu season worst on record
6:48 AM, Jun 17, 2013

DAYTON, Ohio -- The Ohio Department of Health says flu cases this past season were the most since it began keeping count.

Stats show that 5,200 Ohioans were hospitalized with the flu from September last year through mid-May.

That's even up from 2009-2010 when the swine flu pandemic when there were 3,200 flu-related hospitalizations in the state.

more...

http://www.wkyc.com/news/article/303187/7/Officials-confirm-Ohio-flu-season-worst-on-record
 
Re: Ohio - Dept of Health: Worst flu season on record

Please see this:

JVI: Antigenic characterization of H3N2 influenza A viruses from Ohio agricultural fairs

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Our results demonstrate that H3N2 IAVs infecting pigs at fairs and H3N2v isolates were antigenically similar to the IAVs circulating in commercial swine, demonstrating that exhibition swine can function as a bridge between commercial swine and the human population.


http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=204994
 
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