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Is US flu worse than usual?

> " At least 40 per cent of the children who died had other medical

conditions

> that made them vulnerable, such as asthma or cerebral palsy "

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> " Five of the previously healthy children who died had invasive bacterial

> infections, including three caused by Staphylococcus aureus, one of the

new

> " superbugs " that resist standard antibiotics. "

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> http://www.vaccinationnews.com/today's_top_stories/2003/Dec/22.htm

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> Sandy Mintz

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> Is US flu worse than usual?

> 10.05AM, 20 Dec 2003

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> US health officials are investigating a winter flu epidemic which has

> struck earlier than usual and has killed dozens of children.

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> With influenza reported in all 50 states and widespread in 36, the virus

> has now reached its usual annual epidemic levels.

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> Dr Gerberding, director of the US Centres for Disease Control and

> Prevention, said: " I think what we are experiencing here is a typical

> pattern of influenza with an early onset. "

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> In an average year, influenza kills 36,000 Americans and puts 114,000 in

> hospital. In a bad year, the numbers can be far higher.

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> Dr Gerberding stressed that because the flu affects up to 20 per cent of

> all Americans and is not a disease doctors usually report to the federal

> government.

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> That means it is difficult to collect precise information. Most patients

> will have just an annoying illness, she said.

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> Public attention has focused on this year's epidemic for several reasons.

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> Influenza hit the United States early and killed several children early

on.

> Dr Gerberding said at least 42 children have died of flu so far this year.

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> " Obviously this is very sobering and very worrying to us. We are

> investigating the nature of the illness among children. "

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> She said at least 40 per cent of the children who died had other medical

> conditions that made them vulnerable, such as asthma or cerebral palsy.

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> Five of the previously healthy children who died had invasive bacterial

> infections, including three caused by Staphylococcus aureus, one of the

new

> " superbugs " that resist standard antibiotics.

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