Health Alerts > 5/6/09 - Flu Update
Date: May 6, 2009
Global Updates: World Health Organization phase:
Worldwide, laboratories now have confirmed 1490 human cases of the new swine flu in 21 countries.
No change in WHO pandemic phases of 5
National Updates:
National data (to date) includes:
o U.S. 642 confirmed cases, 43 hospitalized (4% slightly higher than seasonal) 8,000 suspect cases, and two deaths.
o Higher rate of ILI in Chicago and NYC
o 21 countries with confirmed outbreak H1N1 strain
State/Local
No new cases as of now in Allen County, Indiana has 15 confirmed cases.
As of May 3, the laboratory has received 456 specimens for testing. Of those, 78% have tested negative, 16% have tested positive for seasonal influenza strains, and 5% have tested positive for influenza A, untypable (strongly suggestive of new H1N1). The ISDH Laboratory has received enough reagents from CDC to confirm 100 probable cases. To conserve testing resources, please only submit samples meeting the case definition. To allow easy assessment of submissions, it is essential to provide complete information on the laboratory request form (located at http://www.h1n1.in.gov/).
Please feel free to call with any questions.
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Suspect case definition:
Fever > 100 F (self reported or documented) Sore throat or cough AND Positive influenza A result (rapid test) OR Contact with someone ill (suspected, probable, or confirmed) within 7 days of illness |
