Just when everybody is on the lookout for Avian flu (H5N1), the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) went into the weekend reporting a human case of swine flu influenza A H3N2 variant (H3N2v).
The identification of a resident of Ingham County was made with the Ingham County
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“Pandemic potential” or “pandemic-on-pandemic” are scary concepts these days and Chinese and British scientists are using those very terms to describe the threat from a new swine flu virus.
Not to worry, in one regard, because human-to-human transmission does not occur with the new swine flu virus.
That might be
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Mangoes are likely responsible for the ongoing Salmonella Braenderup outbreak and Cantaloupes are almost certainly the source of the recent Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak, but what roles do food and water play in spreading Hantavirus, swine flu and West Nile Virus? None of the three are typically thought of as foodborne
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The Ohio Department of Health (ODH) Friday announced the nation’s first known H3N2v-associated (swine flu) death.
Testing involving a 61-year-old Madison County woman at the Ohio Department of Health Laboratory confirmed that the individual had been infected with the H3N2v influenza virus.
The patient had multiple other underlying medical conditions,
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