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According to a new study Swine Flu H1N1 is milder than Seasonal strains. Children & young adults are disproportionately affected by H1N1 virus, but the symptoms and risk of complications were similar to those of seasonal influenza viruses.
For the study, researchers compared the H1N1 pandemic flu with the seasonal H1N1 flu, as well as the H3N2 seasonal flu. H1N1 pandemic flu was not linked to substantially more hospitalization or pneumonia compared with either H1N1 seasonal flu or H3N2 seasonal flu.
Reuters reports:
“This year, it is doubtful H1N1 pandemic flu will be noticed … most people are now immune to this strain, because it spread so far and wide.”
Resources:
Business Week September 7, 2010
JAMA September 8, 2010; 304(10): 1091-1098
FoodConsumer.org September 8, 2010
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