So we have a flu that breaks out and is reported as unusual and ongoing in Mexico...and at the same time a flu that is a genetic mix!!! It is
genetically different from the fully human H1N1 seasonal influenza virus that has been circulating globally for the past few years. The new flu virus
contains DNA typical to avian, swine and human viruses!?
www.alertnet.org...
What is going on here?
An urgent probe into an unusual flu outbreak that’s infected seven people in the U.S. was widened after Mexico sought assistance to
investigate more than 130 cases of severe respiratory disease that may be related.
Authorities in Mexico asked the Public Health Agency of Canada to help identify the cause of the lung illness linked to 20 deaths, including two in
the state of Baja California Norte, which borders California. The Mexican cases include five health- care workers, the Ottawa-based agency said in an
e-mail today.
Tests in Mexico found patients were infected with H1N1 and type-B influenza strains and the parainfluenza virus, the agency said. In the U.S., doctors
discovered a new strain of H1N1 swine influenza in patients in San Diego County and Imperial County, California, and in San Antonio, the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta said today.
“It will be critical to determine whether or not the strains of H1N1 isolated from patients in Mexico are also swine flu,”
www.bloomberg.com...
04/24/2009 UPDATE:
There is no vaccine, but doctors say some newer medications like Tamiflu have been effective so far.
www.msnbc.msn.com...
The World Health Organization said on Friday that it was convening an emergency committee to advise whether outbreaks of swine flu in the
United States and Mexico constituted an international public health threat.
www.msnbc.msn.com...
White House Closely Monitering U.S. Flu Outbreak
www.msnbc.msn.com...
The White House is closely following the outbreak of a new strain of swine flu in the United States and President Barack Obama has been informed,
an administration official said on Friday
Mexico's Health Minister has announced that the outbreak in Mexico is caused from the swine flu virus.
An outbreak of "influenza-like" cases in Mexico was caused by swine flu, Mexico's Health Minister Angel Cordova said Friday.
"It is a virus that mutated from pigs and then at some point was transmitted to humans," he told the Televisa network, according to Reuters.
www.cbc.ca...
[edit 04-24-09 to add update] bts
[edit on 24-4-2009 by burntheships]
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