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First Case of Swine Flu Reported in Bloomsburg
http://bunow.bloomu.edu/6114-first-case-of-swine-flu-reported-in-bloomsburg/
The first recorded case of the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as the swine flu, has been reported. On August 28, Dr. Robbie Soltz, wife of Bloomsburg University President David Soltz, became the first BU community resident to be diagnosed with the virus. Soltz most likely contracted the virus on a trip from Phoenix back to Philadelphia on August 23, according to an email sent to all faculty by the BU Communications office. This is believed to be the likeliest scenario as there has been no other reported cases in the areas surrounding Bloomsburg.
Soltz has been isolated in her home and under the care of Geisinger?s infectious disease control physician. Individuals who were in contact with Soltz prior to her diagnoses have showed no signs of having contracted the virus and are no longer in the high-risk group. President Soltz has not displayed any flu-like symptoms and is not considered infected. All individuals who were possibly at risk of contracting the disease have passed the incubation period which is said to be one to three days according to an interview with Andrew Pekosz, an associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at Johns Hopkins University, by the Washington Post.
First Case of Swine Flu Reported in Bloomsburg
http://bunow.bloomu.edu/6114-first-case-of-swine-flu-reported-in-bloomsburg/
The first recorded case of the H1N1 virus, more commonly known as the swine flu, has been reported. On August 28, Dr. Robbie Soltz, wife of Bloomsburg University President David Soltz, became the first BU community resident to be diagnosed with the virus. Soltz most likely contracted the virus on a trip from Phoenix back to Philadelphia on August 23, according to an email sent to all faculty by the BU Communications office. This is believed to be the likeliest scenario as there has been no other reported cases in the areas surrounding Bloomsburg.
Soltz has been isolated in her home and under the care of Geisinger?s infectious disease control physician. Individuals who were in contact with Soltz prior to her diagnoses have showed no signs of having contracted the virus and are no longer in the high-risk group. President Soltz has not displayed any flu-like symptoms and is not considered infected. All individuals who were possibly at risk of contracting the disease have passed the incubation period which is said to be one to three days according to an interview with Andrew Pekosz, an associate professor of molecular microbiology and immunology at Johns Hopkins University, by the Washington Post.