With increasing time since diagnosis, only the severe infections continued to cause symptoms.
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(CIDRAP News) Influenza activity in the United States continued to fade last week, but the lingering signs included reports of four more flu-related deaths in children, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
Meanwhile, the World Health Organization's latest global update said flu was generally low and decreasing worldwide, but there were a few patches of activity in the tropics.
Apr 18, 2011
(CIDRAP News) Flu activity across the United States continued to show signs of slowing, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said today.
For the eighth week in a row, the percentage of doctor's visits for flu-like illness dropped, falling to 1.4% from 1.6% the previous week, the CDC reported in its weekly update. All 10 of the CDC's regions stayed below their baseline flu-visit levels.
