Swine Flu Outbreak

The number of cases in the outbreak of the swine flu jumped twelve cases last week with a minimum of 145 cases, the agency said.

Nicknames H3N2 variant or H3N2v, add the outbreak of the virus may be a mistake, the airways are simply more human than the flu virus infects cloven-hoofed animals have previously in pigs. All cases, this year for those who had direct contact with live pigs. You cannot catch the virus from pork consumption.

When the first virus appeared in the last year, there were few cases of terribly limited human-to-person unfold. there is no person to person, go to this location this year, Joseph Bresee, MD, Division of Respiratory Diseases CDC, in these days of a group discussion.

"There is no evidence of an increase in the overall activity of respiratory diseases. This may not be an endemic scenario," Bresee above.

Since the outbreak began, there were simple cases together in Hawaii and Illinois. Bresee earlier, the Office would not be shocked to see outbreaks in different states.

"We expect to see more cases next week," he said.

This could be the result of the children are less bugs and respiratory diseases, exposure that are generally less sensitive adults. Or it could be the result of almost all exposures of pigs to be returned to the state, county and tribal agricultural fairs, where children raised in the control animals Swank who need them.

In general, only six or seven people a year go down with the swine flu. This year is completely different as a result of cistron H3N2v chose the 2009 pandemic virus diseases of the respiratory tract, allowing more people will become infected.

The Vaccinium seasonal respiratory illness does not protect against influenza H3N2v. accident that the bug is not new respiratory additional threat to the typical seasonal flu. So this year, there are only two hospitalizations and no deaths from the new bug respiratory diseases.