Texas: Houston area seasonal flu 2013/2014

Shiloh · Dec 26, 2013

Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

Source: http://www.12newsnow.com/story/2431...s-suspect-2-more-flu-deaths-brings-total-to-5

2 confirmed dead from flu; Beaumont officials awaiting tests from 3 more deceased

12 News has learned the Beaumont Health Department is awaiting lab results from three people who recently died in a local hospital to confirm if they died from a strain of H1N1...

...Ulmer says all five people have died since December 13, and all five have died at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. Ulmer says that doesn't mean there have not been additional deaths in other hospitals, but that the other hospitals may not yet have reported them because of the holidays.

She says the first three were residents from Jasper County, Bexar County and Hardin County...

Shiloh · Dec 26, 2013

Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

Source: http://www.chron.com/news/health/ar...st-pediatric-flu-death-5094704.php?cmpid=hpbn

City confirms season's first pediatric flu death
By Mike Glenn | December 26, 2013 | Updated: December 26, 2013 5:09pm

The Houston Health Department on Thursday confirmed the first pediatric flu death in the Houston area this season.

Kathy Barton, a spokeswoman for the department, would identify the victim only as a teenager. She said the victim is believed to have been infected with H1N1, the most predominant flu strain this season...

Shiloh · Dec 26, 2013

Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

Source: http://www.khou.com/news/health/Hou...by-H1NI-death-toll-rises-to-13-237344551.html

Houston teenager killed by H1N1; death toll rises to 13
by KHOU.com staff
khou.com
Posted on December 26, 2013 at 4:23 PM
Updated today at 5:44 PM

HOUSTON ? A teenager from the Houston area died from H1N1, according to the City of Houston Health Department.

As of Thursday, there were 13 confirmed deaths from the H1N1 Flu in the greater Houston area. Katy Barton with the City of Houston Health Department confirmed the death on Thursday...

NS1 · Dec 26, 2013

Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

Re: Texas: Media report - Houston Health officials say 6 deaths linked to H1N1 - 14 critically ill

Shiloh said:
Source: http://www.12newsnow.com/story/2431...s-suspect-2-more-flu-deaths-brings-total-to-5

2 confirmed dead from flu; Beaumont officials awaiting tests from 3 more deceased

12 News has learned the Beaumont Health Department is awaiting lab results from three people who recently died in a local hospital to confirm if they died from a strain of H1N1...

...Ulmer says all five people have died since December 13, and all five have died at Christus Hospital St. Elizabeth in Beaumont. Ulmer says that doesn't mean there have not been additional deaths in other hospitals, but that the other hospitals may not yet have reported them because of the holidays.

She says the first three were residents from Jasper County, Bexar County and Hardin County...

Texas HA 225 Receptor Binding Variance Potential

An examination of the potential for Receptor Binding Site (RBS) Polymorphisms in the Texas High-CFR cases, including detailed near-term and mid-term genetic probabilities and projections

tetano · Dec 27, 2013

Re: Texas: Media report -13 deaths in the Greater Houston area linked to H1N1

Re: Texas: Media report -13 deaths in the Greater Houston area linked to H1N1

Five dead from H1N1 in Beaumont

The Beaumont Public Health Department is urging everyone to get a flu shot, which protects against H1N1, or swine flu. So far, 13 people have died from swine flu in the greater Houston area. Five of those people died in Beaumont. A Beaumont mother lost her son a few weeks ago to a sudden, flu-like illness. They both thought he had a cold until his symptoms quickly escalated. She took him to the emergency room when he said he couldn't breathe. Keith Eddingston died at Christus St. Elizabeth Hospital on December 13. His mother warns people experiencing flu-like or cold symptoms to go to the doctor and get a chest x-ray.

Read More at: http://www.fox4beaumont.com/communi...ews/stories/five-dead-h1n1-beaumont-172.shtml

NS1 · Jan 7, 2014

Re: Texas: Media report -13 deaths in the Greater Houston area linked to H1N1

Re: Texas: Media report -13 deaths in the Greater Houston area linked to H1N1

pH1N1 Child Vaccine Escape
CDC Early 2013

Map - Active and Detailed

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<hr style="width: 30%;" />41 Cases over 43 Sequences<hr style="width: 30%;" /></div>
Introduction

In the 30 days covering 2013-02-28 to 2013-03-29, the United States CDC released a total of 43 pH1N1 sequences at GISAID on 41 human cases sampled from October 2012 to February 2013. Geographic surveillance includes America, Africa, Asia and Russia. Although pH1N1 in most locales during the 2012-2013 season was the minority serotype, the sequences in this Analytic Report describe a high level of human-infective diversity and an ease of avian genetic acquisition, including multiple instances demonstrating concentrated transport of High-CFR pH1N1 Upsilon polymorphisms onto single sequences.

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NS1 · Jan 7, 2014

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pH1N1 Drug Resistant Low Reactor
CDC Fall 2013

Map - Active and Detailed

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<hr style="width: 30%;" />46 Cases over 49 Sequences<hr style="width: 30%;" /></div>
Introduction

In the 32 days covering 2013-10-17 to 2013-11-19, the United States CDC released a total of 49 pH1N1 sequences at GISAID on 46 human cases sampled from February 2013 to October 2013. Geographic surveillance includes America, Africa, Asia, Brazil, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru. 

The sequences in this Analytic Report describe a high level of genetic activity at the Hemagglutinin antigenic area between aa155 and aa158 with 5 amino variations and 4 silent revisions. HA 225G is present in quasi-species on 2 American samples and as dominant form in 2 tropical countries. The Dominican Republic HA 225G Low Reactor appears on a TamiFlu Resistant strain. Drug Resistance is also found in 2 US sequences and 1 South American case.
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Shiloh · Jan 10, 2014

An alarming flu map shows just how large Houston's problem is

An alarming flu map shows just how large Houston's problem is

Source: http://houston.culturemap.com/news/...map-shows-just-how-large-houstons-problem-is/

Influenza Zip Codes
Break out the face masks? An alarming flu map shows just how large Houston's problem is
By Whitney Radley
1.17.13 | 10:55 am

It seems that nearly everyone has come down with the flu this season, an overstatement not so far from the truth considering the epidemic's early start and widespread reach on a local, state and national level.

Haven't had the misfortune of contracting it yet? Take note of the most recent report released by the Houston Department of Health and Human Services, where you'll find influenza activity according to ZIP code ? and then stay far, far away from those ZIP codes hardest hit. ..

NS1 · Jan 10, 2014

Re: An alarming flu map shows just how large Houston's problem is

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NS1 · Jan 10, 2014

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NS1 · Jan 10, 2014

Re: An alarming flu map shows just how large Houston's problem is

Re: An alarming flu map shows just how large Houston's problem is

95 Fatalities in Texas
by
2014-01-07 *

pH1N1 Dominant Texas Fatality by County [Excel]
pH1N1 Dominant Texas Fatality by County [html/css]
Distribution of pH1N1 Influenza Fatalities in Texas [map by Al]

* 2014-01-07 Updated Stats from Jim Oliveros

NS1 · Jan 14, 2014

Re: Texas: Houston area seasonal flu 2013/2014

114 Fatalities in Texas
by
2014-01-12 *

pH1N1 Dominant Texas Fatality by County [Excel]
pH1N1 Dominant Texas Fatality by County [html/css]
Distribution of pH1N1 Influenza Fatalities in Texas [map by Al]

* 2014-01-12 Updated Stats from Jim Oliveros

JimO · Jan 18, 2014

Re: Texas: Houston area seasonal flu 2013/2014

Flu hitting young adults the hardest

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At least 13 adult deaths in Harris County have been related to influenza this season.

Four people, ranging between 45 and 53, died from H1N1 at their homes, according to the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences.

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There have been two influenza-related pediatric deaths in the area as of last week, according to Texas Children's Hospital.

...more

http://www.chron.com/news/health/ar...lts-the-hardest-5154216.php?cmpid=rrhoustontx

NS1 · Jan 18, 2014

Re: Texas: Houston area seasonal flu 2013/2014

141 Fatalities in Texas
by
2014-01-17 *

pH1N1 Dominant Texas Fatality by County [Excel]
pH1N1 Dominant Texas Fatality by County [html/css]
Distribution of pH1N1 Influenza Fatalities in Texas [map by Al]

* 2014-01-18 Updated Stats from Jim Oliveros

tetano · Jan 20, 2014

Re: Texas: Houston area seasonal flu 2013/2014

Lufkin doctor hospitalized with H1N1 while daughter takes care of family

While a Lufkin doctor, diagnosed with H1N1, remains in a medically induced coma at Methodist Hospital in Houston, his 19-year-old daughter is furiously working to spread word of the family?s needs and to encourage the public to get a flu vaccination.

Rebecca Gill, whose father is Dr. Christopher Gill, a cardiologist at the Heart Institute of East Texas, said the experience for her family which included her mother, Mariela, also being hospitalized with the flu and subsequently suffering a heart attack, began the day after Christmas.

?He was making his rounds and became nauseous,? Gill said. ?He went to the emergency room and they told him they thought he had an upper respiratory infection and sent him home with an antibiotic. My mom began to get sick the next day after caring for him.?

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http://lufkindailynews.com/news/com...2-81f5-11e3-b5b4-001a4bcf887a.html?mode=print

NS1 · Jan 22, 2014

Re: Texas: Houston area seasonal flu 2013/2014

tetano said:
Lufkin doctor hospitalized with H1N1 while daughter takes care of family

While a Lufkin doctor, diagnosed with H1N1, remains in a medically induced coma at Methodist Hospital in Houston, his 19-year-old daughter is furiously working to spread word of the family?s needs and to encourage the public to get a flu vaccination.

Rebecca Gill, whose father is Dr. Christopher Gill, a cardiologist at the Heart Institute of East Texas, said the experience for her family which included her mother, Mariela, also being hospitalized with the flu and subsequently suffering a heart attack, began the day after Christmas.

?He was making his rounds and became nauseous,? Gill said. ?He went to the emergency room and they told him they thought he had an upper respiratory infection and sent him home with an antibiotic. My mom began to get sick the next day after caring for him.?

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http://lufkindailynews.com/news/com...2-81f5-11e3-b5b4-001a4bcf887a.html?mode=print

Severe or Fatal Influenza
in
Spousal Clusters

Family clusters of severe or fatal influenza have been reported this season. Both husband and wife suffered a fatal outcome in Knox County, Kentucky [FT#216770]. A family from Greenbriar, Tennessee has lost their 45 year old father after he and their ill mother made a difficult financial decision at Christmas that she would pursue medical care.

Shiloh · Jan 23, 2014

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Source: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/lakecityreporter/obituary.aspx?n=Richard-Bonyata&pid=169229459

Richard Mayne "Rick" Bonyata
Obituary

Mr. Richard Mayne (Rick) Bonyata (47) of Kingwood, Texas, passed away on January 19, at Memorial Hermann Hospital in Houston, Texas, as a result of complications of the H1N1 flu...

NS1 · Jan 26, 2014

Re: Texas: Houston area seasonal flu 2013/2014

tetano said:
Lufkin doctor hospitalized with H1N1 while daughter takes care of family

While a Lufkin doctor, diagnosed with H1N1, remains in a medically induced coma at Methodist Hospital in Houston, his 19-year-old daughter is furiously working to spread word of the family?s needs and to encourage the public to get a flu vaccination.

Rebecca Gill, whose father is Dr. Christopher Gill, a cardiologist at the Heart Institute of East Texas, said the experience for her family which included her mother, Mariela, also being hospitalized with the flu and subsequently suffering a heart attack, began the day after Christmas.

?He was making his rounds and became nauseous,? Gill said. ?He went to the emergency room and they told him they thought he had an upper respiratory infection and sent him home with an antibiotic. My mom began to get sick the next day after caring for him.?

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http://lufkindailynews.com/news/com...2-81f5-11e3-b5b4-001a4bcf887a.html?mode=print

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"?I was talking to a nurse at the door of his hospital room when I looked over at him and I saw his eyes open,? she said. ?I said, ?Hi, Daddy,? and he mouthed my name.?

Gill said her father has not yet spoken, but is responding to verbal commands, making facial expressions and body movements.

Both Gill and her mother, Mariela, displayed flu-like symptoms early in her dad?s illness, but her mother suffered a heart attack just days after her father became critical.

?This has left my dad totally helpless. They tell me it will take months for him to recover, and he was a strong, healthy man.?'

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NS1 · Jan 26, 2014

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Daughter Says Lufkin Cardiologist Suffering from H1N1 is Progressing in Houston Hospital
News Story with Video.

NS1 · Jan 27, 2014

Re: Texas: Houston area seasonal flu 2013/2014

Per Capita
Fatality Rank
Texas
2014-01-25 *

Sixth

The State of Texas ranks 6th in America with a per capita reported fatality rate from Influenza at 6.7 per million.*

* 2014-01-25 Updated 'States with the highest population-based flu fatality rates' [FT#217207] from Jim Oliveros

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