Illinois health officials yesterday reported the state's first variant H3N2 (H3N2v) influenza case of the summer, in a child who had contact with swine at a county fair.
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) said in a statement that the infection was mild and was confirmed in a Boone County child who helped an exhibitor at the DuPage County Fair, which was held in late July.
Indiana and Ohio each reported a new variant H3N2 influenza (H3N2v) case last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today in its weekly FluView update.
Recent identification of the first variant H3N2 (H3N2v) cases linked to county fairs this summer prompted the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to issue a Health Alert Network (HAN) advisory today to health providers that contains the latest information about testing patients and investigating outbreaks.
Officials in Indiana report that 8 people are newly infected with the H3N2v flu virus.
Last week's report of four variant H3N2 (H3N2v) influenza cases linked to a county fair in Indiana "may foreshadow a number of outbreaks this summer," like those last summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in a Jun 28 update statement.
Indiana officials reported four H3N2v infections in people who attended the same county fair.
(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.
Jan 14, 2013
(CIDRAP News) – Influenza activity continued its early-season upward trend in the United States last week, while the flu season showed some signs of getting under way in Europe. In addition, US investigators found another case of swine-origin H3N2 flu, this one in a Minnesotan who has recovered.
(CIDRAP News) – Flu activity in the United States rose substantially last week, hitting the national baseline at the earliest point in the season since the 2003-04 flu season, and the first case of variant H3N2 (H3N2v) since September has been reported from Iowa, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported today.
