United States now has three thousand nine confirmed cases of human influenza in 46 states, announced today Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The official said in a teleconference that the latest positive case of human influenza was confirmed on May 5 and that so far have reported three deaths and 116 hospitalizations.
Schuchat noted that most of the reported cases are still not as severe and are also being detected more patients with seasonal influenza.
He warned, however, likely, "we will see changes in the autumn, when the influenza could return to a more aggressive form."
The official said yesterday that the cases with confirmed A/H1N1 virus could be just the "tip of the iceberg" and that the number could be much higher as time progresses.
In his teleconference on Tuesday, Schuchat said a study released in Science magazine, which, British researchers say that the A/H1N1 virus is as infectious as that caused the 1957 pandemic, but not as lethal as that of 1918:
"It's important to say that we could see changes as the virus appears in different countries depending on the resources of the country's health and the type of intervention that takes place (.) As well as the potential mutation of the virus while it expands."
Also, that study revealed 20 cases of pregnant women suspected of infection, who are more prone to dehydration and pneumonia by your state. A Texas woman died of human influenza last week.
The World Health Organization (WHO) reported Tuesday that five thousand 251 confirmed cases of human influenza in 30 countries in the world.
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