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MEDICAL: DISEASES: INFLUENZA:
CDC: Increase Seen in New Swine Flu Strain
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CDC: Increase Seen in New Swine Flu Strain
By Miriam Falco
CNN
updated 8:12 PM EDT, Friday August 3, 2012
http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/03/health/swine-flu-cases/index.html
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(CNN) -- Health officials have seen an uptick in cases of a new strain of
swine flu in humans.
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According to the latest flu report published Friday by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, 16 people have been infected with a new
strain of an influenza A (H3N2) swine flu virus in just the past three
weeks. Twelve of them were infected in the last full week of July.
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Among those 12 newest cases, the CDC says 10 people were infected in Ohio;
Indiana and Hawaii have reported one case each as well.
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According to the CDC, so far a total of 29 people have been infected with
this new H3N2 strain: 12 in 2011, one earlier in 2012 and 16 in the past
three weeks.
Nobody was hospitalized this year, and only three of the 12 cases last
year required hospitalization. Nobody has died from this new flu.
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Everyone diagnosed with the new flu strain this year reported having
contact with pigs. Most of the cases from last also reported contact with
pigs -- often at county or state fairs.
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CDC: New strain of swine flu "There are a few cases where no pig exposure
could be found, so we think those are are human-to-human transmissions,"
said Dr. Joseph Bresee, an epidemiologist in the CDC's Influenza Division.
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"We're not saying don't go to fairs," Bresee said, but because this is the
time of year when many fairs are going on, people ought to take special
precautions:
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-- Wash your hands with soap and water before and after touching pigs.
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-- Don't drink or eat near pigs, and don't take food into animal areas.
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-- Avoiding contact with animals such as pigs may be the best protection
if you are among those likely to suffer severe symptoms if you get the flu
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-- people with lung disease or diabetes, for instance.
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