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Second strain of flu lingering in S.C.
Lauren Sausser
Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:04 a.m.
UPDATED: Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:14 a.m.
The azaleas are in full bloom, Easter is upon us, but Charleston isn?t free of the flu just yet...
...Cases of Influenza B have been on the rise in Charleston and throughout South Carolina this month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While cases of Influenza A ? the more prevalent strain of the flu ? peaked at all five Nason Medical Centers at the end of December, Influenza B seemed to peak in mid-March.
?B is hitting with a vengeance,? Nason said.
During the week of March 10-16, the most recent week for which data is available through the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, 1,954 South Carolinians tested positive for the B strain of flu, compared with 422 cases of Influenza A.
The primary Influenza A strain has dominated this flu season, though, accounting for about four out of every five cases of the flu in South Carolina since Oct. 1...
Second strain of flu lingering in S.C.
Lauren Sausser
Posted: Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:04 a.m.
UPDATED: Thursday, March 28, 2013 12:14 a.m.
The azaleas are in full bloom, Easter is upon us, but Charleston isn?t free of the flu just yet...
...Cases of Influenza B have been on the rise in Charleston and throughout South Carolina this month, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
While cases of Influenza A ? the more prevalent strain of the flu ? peaked at all five Nason Medical Centers at the end of December, Influenza B seemed to peak in mid-March.
?B is hitting with a vengeance,? Nason said.
During the week of March 10-16, the most recent week for which data is available through the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control, 1,954 South Carolinians tested positive for the B strain of flu, compared with 422 cases of Influenza A.
The primary Influenza A strain has dominated this flu season, though, accounting for about four out of every five cases of the flu in South Carolina since Oct. 1...