Public health organizations across the country are continuing to monitor cases of the H1N1 flu virus .In certain parts of the world where the flu season begins earlier in the year, health officials are noticing an increase in the number of infections. It is fair to anticipate the same trend here.
Vaccinations against the H1N1 virus will start in the autumn and will cover 50 per cent of the population, provided the crucial clinical tests are complete, the Health Minister announced yesterday.
Children, young people and pregnant women, groups hardest hit by serious side effects from swine flu, top the vaccine priority list for the new H1N1 vaccine.
The H1N1 virus is possibly deadly and continues to be a mystery in many ways. The mystery is primarily since it is new. However scientists know enough already to be on the alert, especially since the flu has continued to be a concern through summer months, when it would typically be anticipated to subside.
School and health officials are starting to prepare for the next wave of the virus at a time when students will be crowding back into classrooms as well as dormitories and possibly spreading germs.
This new flu season may see a higher numbers of illnesses, as it is probable we will see two strains of the influenza virus spreading at the same time. The flu virus is very y serious, and the H1N1 strain is no exception. An approximated 5 to 20 percent of the U.S. population gets the seasonal flu annually. Among this group, approximately 200,000 people are hospitalized and 36,000 die from flu-related causes.
Genes included in the new swine flu have been circulating undetected in pigs for at least a decade, according to researchers who have sequenced the genomes of more than 50 samples of the virus.
The findings suggest that in the future, pig populations will need to be monitored more closely for emerging influenza viruses, reported a team led by Rebecca Garten of the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in a report released by the journal Science.
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