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Health experts are scratching their heads and wondering what happened to the seasonal flu this year.

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Where did the flu go this winter? (Toronto Star)

COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 2 (UPI) — If the behavior of the seasonal form of the H1N1 virus is any indication most strains of H1N1will become resistant to Tamiflu, U.S. researchers suggest.

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Pandemic H1N1 may become drug resistant (UPI)

… traced the evolutionary history of the seasonal H1N1 influenza virus, which first infected humans during the 1918 pandemic. It is one of three seasonal influenza A viruses that commonly infect humans. The others are H1N2 and H3N2 . …

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[Avian Flu Diary] The Path Of Increased Resistance | Influenza …

If the behavior of the seasonal form of the H1N1 influenza virus is any indication, scientists say that chances are good that most strains of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus will become resistant to Tamiflu, the main drug stockpiled for use against it. Researchers have traced the evolutionary history of the seasonal H1N1 influenza virus, which first infected humans during the 1918 pandemic. It is …

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Pandemic flu, like seasonal H1N1, shows signs of resisting Tamiflu (Science Daily)

( Ohio State University ) If the behavior of the seasonal form of the H1N1 influenza virus is any indication, scientists say that chances are good that most strains of the pandemic H1N1 flu virus will become resistant to Tamiflu, the main drug stockpiled for use against it. Researchers have traced the evolutionary history of the seasonal H1N1 influenza virus, which first infected humans during …

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Pandemic flu, like seasonal H1N1, shows signs of resisting Tamiflu (EurekAlert!)

The vaccines typically contain two “A” influenza strains that include a H1N1 subtype and a H3N2 subtype and one “B” strain. For the 2010-2011 flu season, the FDA panel recommended that both “A” strains used in the current seasonal …

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You Don't Win an Arms Race with Mother Nature – Windows Live

Feb 22, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – The US Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) vaccines committee voted today to follow the World Health Organization’s advice and fold the pandemic H1N1 influenza vaccine into the seasonal flu vaccine for next season.

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FDA selects pandemic H1N1 for 2010-11 seasonal flu vaccine (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)

Flu is the flu , be it H1N1 or any other strain. There is nothing magical about this year’s H1N1. H1N1’s have circulated widely before. Right now it is displacing H3N2 as the predominant strain, just as H3N2 has done to other strains … Much to my suprise I got very ill with flu symptoms and also caused my mother to be ill with same symptoms . Now mindyou this was my first time ,my mother takes the seasonal shot every year. co-workers tell me I was already exposed before …

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2009 H1N1 flu strain will be in next season flu vaccine – Paging …

Meanwhile, the seasonal flu , which was expected to kick in at some point as well this flu season, is a virtual no-show. The San Francisco Chronicle has the story. In this CDC chart of total reports of flu -like symptoms , you can see that we’ re in a deep trough. … Perhaps the cross-reactive T cell immunity is short-lived enough that a previous season’s immunity doesn’t carry over for a year, but immunity from fall H1N1 still protects against winter H3N2 . …

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The Ever-Surprising Swine Flu | The Loom | Discover Magazine

The symptoms are the same with the exception of the nausea, vomiting & diarrhea. These symptoms occur in young children whether they have one of the seasonal flus (H1N1, H3N2 , type B) or the novel flu . But because these symptoms usually …

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Is It Possible To Tell The Difference Between Seasonal Flu And …