What about the two other anti- influenza drugs? And the other strain currently circulating, H3N2 ? Most of the flu in the US now is caused by H1N1 strains. So although the H3N2 strains are sensitive to Tamiflu, it’s not much help. …
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Tamiflu resistance of influenza H1N1 strains « The LABVIRUS.COM Blog
Most years around this time, if you had all the symptoms of the flu, there was a pretty good chance you had contracted H3N2 — the so-called seasonal flu. But this year the common flu is hard to find in Niagara.
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Seasonal flu not so seasonal this year (St. Catharines Standard)
NEEDHAM, Mass.—-A newly-released scientific white paper suggests humidifiers may play an important role in reducing the survival of the flu virus on both surfaces and in the air. The research suggests that homes kept at 40-60 percent relative humidity are likely to have fewer flu viruses lingering in the air and on commonly-touched surfaces like sink faucets, door handles, and countertops.
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In the War Against the Flu, Your Home is a Major Battleground (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
Pets that are especially susceptible are exotic pet ferrets, pet cats, pot-bellied pigs, Micro-pigs, and pet turkeys. The ferret would be my biggest concern; the ferret is very vulnerable to the flu virus including human flu viruses
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H1N1 Alert: We are Infecting our Exotic Pets (BellaOnline)
In a typical year, about 10 percent of Americans get the flu. Although many people think of the flu as a mild ailment, each year in the U.S., a couple of hundred thousand people get sick enough to require hospitalization, and between 20,000 and 40,000 die from the infection.
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H1N1 and Its Descendents: Where This Pandemic Flu Came From – and Where it Might Go (WGN TV Chicago)
Swine flu is a type A influenza respiratory disease that was first discovered in pigs. There are four subtypes of the influenza virus: H1N1, H1N2, H3N1 and H3N2 . Like the spread of the flu in the human population, Swine flu can be found …
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Drugs and Vaccines to Treat The Swine Flu and Its Symptoms – Info …
A look at the flu and how vaccines work
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Stolen: Vaccine myths and truths (Summit Daily News)
State health officials gave an update on the current status of the flu in Alabama and laid out plans for vaccine distribution in a news conference Monday.
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Doses of the H1N1 Flu Vaccine are on the Way to Alabama. (WTVY Dothan)
One of the passengers had Influenza A confirmed by a laboratory test. In 3 days, 39 out of the 54 passengers developed the flu. It was possible to isolate a similar virus strain in eight of these cases – the A/Texas/1/( H3N2 ) – and 20 …
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Influenza Air Transmission « Influenza A (H1N1) Blog
Andrew Mell Western Herald As the fall semester loomed nearer, Western Michigan University officials realized that they had a problem on their hands: a population of nearly 25,000 people would be descending on campus in the midst of an influenza pandemic.
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Swine flu is nothing to worry about… if you take the proper measures (Western Herald)