Mar 10, 2010
College flu activity stays steady
The nation's colleges saw a very slight decrease in flu-like illnesses last week, but the attack rate stayed about the same as the previous 2 weeks, about 3 to 4 cases per 10,000 students, the American College Health Association (ACHA) reported today. So far the patterns don't signal a third pandemic flu wave, even on a regional level. Two more hospitalizations were reported, and the vaccination level stayed the same, at about 8%.
http://www.acha.org/ILI_Project/ILI_Surveillance.cfm/?date=031010
Mar 10 ACHA surveillance report
India set to launch vaccine campaign
India's health ministry said the country will begin vaccinating its priority groups against the pandemic H1N1 virus next week, Indo-Asian News Service (IANS) reported today. Doctors and paramedics will be among the first to receive the vaccine. India has purchased 1.5 million doses from Sanofi and had asked the company to conduct a pandemic vaccine trial in India, which it has completed and sent to the ministry. Indian companies are also working on pandemic H1N1 vaccines.
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/57311/india-likely-start-swine-flu.html
Mar 10 IANS story
Study: 1976 vaccine may protect against novel H1N1
A mouse study found that earlier infection with a 1976 classical swine H1N1 virus completely protected against the current pandemic virus, suggesting modern day benefits for those who received the 1976 swine flu vaccine, according to a study in Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses. Mice infected with either 2009 or 1940 seasonal H1N1 viruses showed partial protection, which might partly explain why older people seem to have some protection against the pandemic virus.
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/123315764/abstract
Mar 8study abstract
