NAGPUR: Right in the middle of peak summer, when swine flu was expected to vanish from the city, it has grown manifold. Of all the swine flu affected patients recorded from January 1, 2017, till date, 50% of the positive cases and deaths have been recorded in the last 30 …
IGMC docs told to find out reasons behind outbreak during summer instead of winters Baffled at the outbreak of swine flu in the state during the summer months instead of winters, the state government has asked doctors at the Indira Gandhi Medical College (IGMC) to undertake a study to find …
PUNE: A 61-year-old woman from New Sangvi was among the two persons who succumbed to swine flu-induced complications in the city last week, taking the number of H1N1 deaths to 51 so far this year. At least eight more patients diagnosed with the contagion are in critical condition and have …
The study, conducted by the Sir Gangaram Hospital, has found that 52.9 per cent of the 151 patients analysed “had one or more co-existing medical conditions” and mortality was found in 8 per cent of the patients. AT LEAST one in two patients tested positive for swine flu during the …
Five new fresh cases of swine flu were reported in Rajasthan on Wednesday making the total number of cases 245 in this season so far since January 1. The medical and health department already on high alert has also spoken to Maharashtra where swine flu on the full-fledged outbreak even …
With swine flu (H1N1) positive cases increasing in the district since the last two months, health experts are worried about mutation in the virus strain and the virus' adaptability to seasonal changes that is causing the flu even in peak summer unlike earlier years when swine flu used to strike …
Summers are here and so are ailments related to the hot weather conditions. Suspected dengue patients have started arriving at hospitals in the city. One such patient from Bathinda, who was admitted to a private hospital, was confirmed by doctors to be suffering from dengue. The Health Department is yet …
Avian H9N2 and 2009 pandemic H1N1 (pH1N1) influenza viruses can infect pigs and humans, raising the concern that H9N2:pH1N1 reassortant viruses could emerge. Such reassortants demonstrated increased replication and transmissibility in pig, but were still inefficient when compared to pH1N1. Here, we evaluated if a reassortant virus containing the hemagglutinin …
The complex and unresolved evolutionary origins of the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic exposed major gaps in our knowledge of the global spatial ecology and evolution of influenza A viruses in swine (swIAVs). Here we undertake an expansive phylogenetic analysis of swIAV sequence data and demonstrate that the global live swine …
The 2014-2015 H1N1 outbreak in India has reportedly led to 800 fatalities. The reported influenza hemagglutinin sequences from India indicate that these viruses contain amino acid changes linked to enhanced virulence and are potentially antigenically distinct from the current vaccine containing 2009 (Cal0709) H1N1 viral hemagglutinin. Original Source
Swine flu claimed yet another life in the city on Monday when a 52-year-old man from Junagadh succumbed to the deadly virus. The victim Gordhan Chothani was admitted to the Rajkot Civil Hospital after doctors suspected that he was suffering from swine flu. Chothani was suffering from severe cold, cough …
MUMBAI: An 18-month-old boy became the first casualty of the H1N1 virus, previously known as swine flu, in the city in the last two years. The virus hasn't been active in the city though it has claimed 165 lives in rest of the state since January 1, 2017. "While the …
Twenty-two people have lost their lives in Telangana due to swine flu and related complications since August last year, the government said on Tuesday. The death toll is till May 1. As many as 10,232 samples have been tested since August 1 and 1,446 of them tested positive for the …
H1N1 virus has seen a rise in the entire south Indian region said a State Nodal Officer for H1N1. H1N1 influenza has claimed 23 lives in Kerala so far in 2017 with the state recording higher incidence of the flu compared to the previous year, a health department officials said. …
Doctors and staffers handling swine-flu cases at Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) are facing the threat of virus as none of them have been provided swine-flu vaccines. As per the state public health department data, there have been one death, five suspected and one positive swine flu case at …
JAIPUR: In a reversal of trend, there has been a spurt in swine flu cases in April this year unlike earlier ones when H1N1 influenza cases usually subside. Over the past few years, swine flu cases were reported in the state during the winter months and fell as the summer …
PUNE: The civic health department has instructed doctors to administer oseltamivir tablets to suspected patients of swine flu within 48 hours of the onset of symptoms. The health department of the Pune Municipal Corporation held a meeting of private general practitioners (GP) at Anna Bhau Sathe Hall in Sahakarngar on …
Jaipur: Four more persons tested positive for swine flu on Monday. So far in the city, 36 persons have already been tested positive for the disease this year. According to health department officials, a 23-year-old male was brought to the Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital, where he was admitted with …
A substantial number of swine flu cases go undetected in Hyderabad as health authorities do not test swab samples from suspects for the influenza B viruses. Three strains of swine flu two influenza A and one influenza B are in circulation in Telangana and other parts of the country, but …
PUNE: A 55-year-old woman from Hadapsar and another 31-year-old woman from Kirkitwadi died of swine flu at different hospitals here, taking the total number of H1N1 casualties to 33 so far this year. The condition of 22 other patients is currently critical, and they are on ventilator support. The woman …
