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IgG2 deficiency and pandemic H1N1 – cause or consequence?
The immune system protects us from viruses and bacteria. People without a properly working immune system are more likely to die of both. Some people are born with defective immune systems (Severe Combined Immunodeficiency) while others acquire a malfunctioning immune … Continue reading
Posted in pathology, Science
Tagged H1N1, IgG2, immunodeficiency, pandemic, pregnancy, pregnant, swine flu
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Streptococcus pneumoniae and pandemic H1N1 severity – the data from Argentina
The influenza virus can kill directly. But it can also lower your immune defenses and open you up to bacterial infection. A study that examines the role of bacterial co-infections in the severity of pandemic H1N1 has recently been published … Continue reading
Posted in pathology, Science, Treatment
Tagged antibiotics, Argentina, bacterial co-infection, H1N1, oseltamivir, pandemic, Streptococcus pneumoniae, swine flu, Tamiflu
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Pandemic H1N1 greatly increases the death rate among pregnant women – The California study
Pregnant women died at much greater rates during previous pandemics than other people. The 2009 pandemic is no exception. From The New England Journal of Medicine Eight patients in this series died…None of the eight received antiviral agents within 48 … Continue reading
Posted in pathology, Science
Tagged fatality rate, H1N1, pandemic flu, pregnancy, pregnant, swin flu
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Pandemic H1N1 10 times more lethal to children than seasonal flu – The Argentinian study
One of the great falsehoods promulgated about the current influenza pandemic is that the new H1N1 virus is no worse than seasonal flu. This statement is based on comparing seasonal death rates among the elderly, which assume excess deaths in … Continue reading
Posted in pathology, Science
Tagged Argentina, case fatality rate, children, H1N1, pandemic, swine flu, Tamiflu
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Unreported H1N1 deaths with hemorrhagic lungs in Iowa
The CDC is looking for clusters of people with hemorrhagic pneumonia. Perhaps they should talk to the coroner in Polk County, Iowa. From KCCI, November 20, 2009 Iowa has officially recorded 21 H1N1 deaths, including seven in Polk County alone. … Continue reading
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Tagged bloody lungs, H1N1, hemorrhagic lungs, hemorrhagic pneumonia, Iowa, pandemic, swine flu
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How does pandemic H1N1 kill?
This is a simple question, yet, surprisingly, we still don’t really know. The primary organs damaged in H1N1 infections are the lungs. Damage may either be directly due to the virus or as a result of a secondary bacterial infection … Continue reading
Another report of more virulent pandemic virus in India
Back in September, I wrote a blog that included a report from India suggesting that mutations in the H1N1 pandemic virus were causing rapid death. Now, a new report from India, also suggests that the virus is becoming more virulent. … Continue reading
Posted in pathology, Science
Tagged H1N1, India, pandemic, shotgun sequencing, swine flu, unbiased sequencing
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Coughing up blood
The North Carolina Medical Society recently posted a notice from the CDC about hemorrhagic pneumonia [hat-tip, Homebody at PFI_Forum]: Physicians Asked to be on the Lookout for Possible “Hemorrhagic Pneumonia Cases” Among Influenza Patients The CDC says that there have … Continue reading
The Numbers Game
As I wrote in one of my previous blogs, Counting on Counting, one of the most important functions of public health is to gather data on new cases of a disease. In mid-July, the WHO stopped counting new cases and … Continue reading
Posted in Outbreak, pathology, public health
Tagged CDC, CFR, ECDC, H1N1, statistics, swine flu, WHO
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It hurts
A 10 year old girl vomits blood and dies. A 3 month old baby goes into convulsions and dies. Their parents are powerless to stop their killers. Scenes from a horror movie? No, just the pandemic news from two days … Continue reading
