News & Perspective

Sep 25, 2013

Sep 25, 2013

H3N2v outbreak profile details risks, pig exposures

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP News
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Sep 25, 2013

Young kids and those with underlying conditions were at greatest risk for more severe infections.

Sep 16, 2013

Sep 16, 2013

News Scan for Sep 16, 2013

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Arkansas H1N1v cases
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Minimum infectious H1N1 dose

Jul 05, 2013

Jul 05, 2013

Flu Scan for Jul 05, 2013

CDC H3N2v advisory for providers
Swine vaccine and H3N2v

Jul 03, 2013

Jul 03, 2013

Indiana reports 8 more H3N2v infections

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP News
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Jul 03, 2013

Officials in Indiana report that 8 people are newly infected with the H3N2v flu virus.

Jun 27, 2013

Jun 27, 2013

Indiana reports four fair-linked H3N2v cases

Lisa Schnirring | Staff Writer | CIDRAP News
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Jun 27, 2013

Indiana officials reported four H3N2v infections in people who attended the same county fair.

May 02, 2013

Apr 02, 2013

Apr 02, 2013

H5N1 cases dropped in 2012, but fatality rate rose

Robert Roos
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Apr 02, 2013

(CIDRAP News) – The world registered fewer human infections with H5N1 avian influenza in 2012, but the fatality rate was a little higher than in previous years, the World Health Organization (WHO) noted in a recent review of the year's data.

Oct 25, 2012

Oct 25, 2012

Study: Fair-related swine and human H3N2 viruses closely match

Robert Roos
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Oct 25, 2012

(CIDRAP News) – Researchers report that swine and human influenza A/H3N2 viruses associated with an Ohio county fair held in July make a nearly perfect genetic match, suggesting that there is almost no biological barrier to prevent such viruses from passing between humans and pigs.

Oct 02, 2012

Oct 02, 2012

Study: Most flu infections in fair pigs were unapparent

Lisa Schnirring
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Oct 02, 2012

(CIDRAP News) – Researchers who spent the past 3 years testing pigs for influenza A viruses at county fairs in Ohio found that infected animals commonly appear clinically normal, highlighting one of the challenges health officials faced in preventing the spread of variant influenza to humans at fairs this summer.
Oct 02, 2012

Report details Ohio H3N2v cases, cautions about pig barns

Jim Wappes
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Oct 02, 2012

(CIDRAP News) – Eleven of 16 hospitalized US cases of variant H3N2 (H3N2v) swine-origin influenza this past summer occurred in Ohio, and 10 of those were in children, according to a report that also suggests that even healthy people stay away from pigs at fairs to avoid flu infection.

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