Young Indiana man dies of swine flu - No underlying illness

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Young Indiana man dies of swine flu

Published: July 12, 2009 at 1:31 AM

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CINCINNATI

, July 12 (UPI) -- A 19-year-old man has become the first person in Indiana to

die of swine flu, health officials said.

McIntosh died in a hospital in Cincinnati after collapsing in a barn in

Dearborn County in southeastern Indiana, The Indianapolis Star reported

Saturday.

McIntosh's death was unusual because he was healthy with no underlying illness,

health officials said. Most of the 211 people believed to have died from

infection with the H1N1 virus have suffered from conditions that made them

vulnerable.

O'Dell Owens, the coroner in Hamilton County, Ohio, said an autopsy showed

McIntosh had no other adverse health conditions. Owens said McIntosh's sister,

who became ill around the same time and is in intensive care, tested negative

for H1N1, but McIntosh tested positive.