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Mar 9, 2010 (CIDRAP News) – European countries won’t likely experience another wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza cases this spring and summer, though the virus will probably continue to circulate and be the region’s dominant strain for the next flu season, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) said today.

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ECDC sees another pandemic wave as unlikely (Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy)

The major cause of concern for the WHO and others around the world is that they have been unable to develop an effective swine flu vaccine against this H1N1 virus strain . It may be ready only by June 2009.

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Whether It Is The Great Swine Flu Epidemic ? | A Healthy Life Blog

What is the H1N1 influenza virus? The H1N1 influenza virus is the virus responsible for the flu strain originally known as “swine flu ”. The infection has been diagnosed throughout the world.

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Even though some cases are reportedly not any worse than the seasonal flu , the reports of many deaths in otherwise health individuals and the possibility that the virus strain may mutate to an even more serious strain suggests that a …

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Swine Flu | Why You Need to Take the H1N1 Vaccine

The major cause of concern for the WHO and others around the world is that they have been unable to develop an effective flu vaccine against this H1N1 virus strain . It may be ready only by June 2009. Moreover as the virus can easily …

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Is this the colossal swine flu catching? | Optimize Your Health

The swine flu is a new strain of the influenza virus. It made its appearance this year and has people scared. To limit the spread, a vaccine based on the virus was created.

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H1N1 Swine Flu Vaccine

That’s why developing a universal flu vaccine to protect people against all flu strains is the “holy grail” of flu researchers. They work by targeting the elements of the virus that do not change from season to season. …

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H1N1 Swine Flu Panic

In the United States, a study out of Pittsburgh extrapolated blood samples from 846 residents to estimate that 63 million Americans fell ill with the flu strain . More than 70 million have been vaccinated. Even if the WHO panel determines that the virus has …

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WHO Set to Announce Swine Flu Has Peaked – AOL News | Pandemic Flu

Blood tests on Pittsburgh residents found 45 percent of people aged 10 to 19 years had antibodies against the new H1N1 flu strain . About 22 percent of people across all groups developed immunity to the virus by early December and a …

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Swine Flu May Have Infected Every Second Schoolchild in U.S. …

The H1N1 viral strain implicated in the 2009 flu pandemic among humans often is called “swine flu ” because initial testing showed many of the genes in the virus were similar to influenza viruses. But further research has shown that the …

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