 | | | | Related Healthscout Videos | |
|
Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 Some older people may have partial immunity to the H1N1 swine flu virus because of possible exposure to another H1N1 flu strain that circulated prior to 1957.
Schuchat said a vaccine for the swine flu virus could be ready in October, if research and testing proceed on pace this summer. Candidate viruses have been shipped to vaccine manufacturers, she said.
It's still not clear whether a swine flu vaccine is needed, Schuchat said. Any decision to move forward would be based on several factors, including the severity and spread of the virus and whether there's a safe and effective vaccine, she said.
Text Continues Below
During the next few months, scientists will be looking to see if the swine flu virus mutates or becomes resistant to antiviral medications, or is more easily spread among people, Schuchat said. The flu season is winding down in the Northern Hemisphere but is just beginning in the Southern Hemisphere.
Schuchat said there's no way to tell now if the H1N1 virus will be more virulent when -- and if -- it returns to the Northern Hemisphere with the approach of winter.
The World Health Organization said Monday that 53 countries have reported 15,510 cases of H1N1 swine flu, including 99 deaths, most of them in Mexico, where the outbreak began.
U.S. Human Cases of H1N1 Flu Infection
(As of June 1, 2009, 11:00 AM ET) |
| States |
# of
confirmed and
probable
cases |
Deaths |
Alabama |
84 |
|
Alaska |
1 |
|
Arkansas |
7 |
|
Arizona |
547 |
4 deaths |
California |
804 |
|
Colorado |
61 |
|
Connecticut |
196 |
|
Delaware |
121 |
|
Florida |
166 |
|
Georgia |
29 |
|
Hawaii |
73 |
|
Idaho |
13 |
|
Illinois |
1103 |
3 deaths |
Indiana |
146 |
|
Iowa |
71 |
|
Kansas |
79 |
|
Kentucky** |
77 |
|
Louisiana |
122 |
|
Maine |
11 |
|
Maryland |
48 |
|
Massachusetts |
470 |
|
Michigan |
234 |
|
Minnesota |
60 |
|
Mississippi |
16 |
|
Missouri |
36 |
1 death |
Montana |
14 |
|
Nebraska |
43 |
|
Nevada |
102 |
|
New Hampshire |
40 |
|
New Jersey |
74 |
|
New Mexico |
108 |
|
New York |
605 |
4 deaths |
North Carolina |
14 |
|
North Dakota |
6 |
|
Ohio |
23 |
|
Oklahoma |
82 |
|
Oregon |
148 |
|
Pennsylvania |
123 |
|
Rhode Island |
14 |
|
South Carolina |
46 |
|
South Dakota |
7 |
|
Tennessee |
104 |
|
Texas |
1403 |
3 deaths |
Utah |
247 |
1 death |
Vermont |
3 |
|
Virginia |
31 |
|
Washington |
575 |
1 death |
Washington, D.C. |
20 |
|
West Virginia |
3 |
|
Wisconsin |
1641 |
|
Wyoming |
2 |
|
TOTAL*(51) |
10,053 cases |
17 deaths |
*includes the District of Columbia
**One case is resident of Ky. but hospitalized in Ga.
Source: U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
|
|
More information
For more on swine flu, visit the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Page: << Prev | 1 | 2
|
.gif)
