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Swine flu spikes in Mexico

Matthew — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:01:26 +0000

...cases of all strains of flu in Mexico so far in January, 90 per cent of them H1N1. That's the version that originally was called swine flu when it caused a pandemic that started in Mexico in 2009. Chertorivski says 32 people have died from flu, 29 of them...

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Mexico ups swine flu screening as cases increase

Matthew — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:01:15 +0000

...CITY (AP) â Mexico's newspapers are warning of an alarming increase in swine flu for the first time since a pandemic shut down much of the country three years ago, while the government insists there's no need for another international scare. Federal and state...

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Fears over outbreak after 12 infected with new swine flu strain in U.S.

Matthew — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:01:21 +0000

...and no protection to children.' During the H1N1 outbreak between 2009 and mid-2010, over 17,000 victims died worldwide. The swine flu strain's catastrophic impact deemed it a pandemic by the World Health Organization. With the H1N1 virus, most of those hospitalized...

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Swine flu strain resists Tamiflu

Matthew — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:01:03 +0000

...that is resistant to the drug Tamiflu is spreading more easily in the land Down Under. For those in need of a refresher course, swine flu refers to the H1N1 flu virus that caused a pandemic in 2009. It emerged in April in Mexico and spread swiftly around...

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Swine flu strain that is resistant to Tamiflu is spreading more easily

Matthew — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 12:02:34 +0000

...report: The version of so-called swine flu that is resistant to the drug Tamiflu is spreading more easily in the land Down Under. Swine flu refers to the H1N1 flu virus that caused a pandemic in 2009. It emerged in April in Mexico and spread swiftly around...

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Swine flu strain that is resistant to Tamiflu is spreading more easily

Matthew — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:01:14 +0000

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Swine flu strain that is resistant to Tamiflu is spreading more easily

Matthew — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 12:01:13 +0000

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CDC Again Tracking Swine Flu Virus

Matthew — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 22:01:14 +0000

...beginning in 2009, when the H1N1 subtype of the virus was first detected. An estimated 43 million to 89 million Americans caught swine flue during the pandemic. According to the CDC, between 8,870 and 18,300 deaths were linked to the virus. The World Health...

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Swine Virus Deadlier than H1N1 Feared to Become Another Killer Outbreak

Matthew — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:01:12 +0000

...no deaths have been reported yet. Likewise, World Health Organization is preparing to respond to this new health threat, a swine origin influenza A virus of the H3N2 subtype. Experts revealed that this new virus has acquired the M gene of the 2009 pandemic...

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Nicaruga swine flu outbreak infects 32

Matthew — Sat, 15 Oct 2011 16:01:19 +0000

..."People should not be alarmed, because the health ministry has taken appropriate measures" to control the virus, Saez said. Swine flu - so named because it was first identified in pigs - has killed some 18,500 people since emerging in an April 2009 pandemic,...

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