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Authorities issued an advisory to Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) in Saudi Arabia and Qatar about the widespread disease — SARS-like Coronavirus.

Physicians at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) quarantine section obliged OFWs to observe proper personal hygiene to avoid getting the virus which is fatal if symptoms are not immediately treated.

Health officials in the Philippines are on alert for a possible entry of the deadly Coronavirus in the country.

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this I guess is an explanation of different types of flu and sequences

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now I don't know if this is of use but seems tone a breakdown of code for above sites proteins genes act I am not medically qualified so difficult for me to make to much sense of this but I am sure you have readers who can
explain .

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regular updating map

Yesterday I posted the above, mainly because I had been regularly asserting that the H3N2v cases in the US did not appear to be consistent with what the CDC was telling us.

There have been several instances where the CDC has released confusing or outright missleading and incorrect information regarding the strain of H3N2v that has been assosciated with the county fairs and the apparent vectoring from swine to humans with this particular strain.

Well someone is listening, today from the same source comes a much more complete explaination of the real position of the spread of this strain and with it confirmation that my assertions have been correct and that the CDC has been "cooking the books" in relation to this flu strain and its "apparent" relationship with county fairs.

This was never the case, and we now see that the CDC has been biassing its figures in order to make it "appear" that this strain has been associated with those county fairs when this was never the case.

Where it does all lead back to is exactly where I have been questioning this strain right from the beginning and that was with Patient Zero who under "unusual" circumstances contracted this strain while in hospital for other medical conditions, and who was "influenza NEGATIVE' when first admitted to hospital but later developed this novel H3N2v strain of influenza which for the first time detected, carried with it the M gene from the H1N1 flu strain.

In other words, if it has to be put in black and white, this Patient Zero was artificially given this flu while in hospital, and then we have witnessed a deliberate attempt to disguise this strain as one associated with swine at county fairs, something that has never been bourne out with any proof.

It is clear now that the CDC has been complicit with the deliberate release of a flu strain that carries the pandemic M gene from the H1N1 swine flu.

This also happened at a time when it was too late to have this H3N2v strain included in this years upcoming flu vaccination recipe.

So we are now left with a strain of flu that is H2H transmissible and for which there will be no vaccination against this year.

All very convenient if you wanted to have a virus that will easily become the "seasonal" flu strain and also give it every chance of reassorting itself with a number of other deadly strains that are freely circulating in communities in various regions of the globe.

Just for starters think H5N1, or H1N1, or H1N2 from Korea that already also has the pandemic M gene from swine flu, the list goes on!

Perhaps it is time that someone in the right place begins to ask some very uncomfortable questions of those in the CDC who have been providing this shonkey information, and very importantly, just why?

I should also thank the folks at Recombinomics for clarifying this matter and putting matters into perspective for us all to fully understand, their work is always right up to date and accurate.

Here is the most important part of the explaination and linked further below.

Thus, there is little evidence to support extensive swine to human transmission at the 2011 or 2012 agricultural fairs. Although the genetic matches with the 2011 H3N2v cases are widespread in swine, including Ohio and Indiana isolates, no 2012 matching human H3N2v case has been reported. All 2012 human cases match a novel H3N2v sub-clade which was first detected at a West Virginia day care center in late 2011.

However, in spite of these match failures, the CDC continues to focus on swine to human transmission, and ignores the human to swine and human to human transmission at agricultural fairs.

Link here...

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Last Edited by arkay on 09/27/2012 11:41 PM

Not withstanding the last post, we are presently seeing a sharp rise in H1N1 infections in India, with several deaths resulting from that disease.

Of note is the fact that several doctors have also contracted this disease, something that shouldnt easily happen.


The high mortality rate among those afflicted by swine flu in Madhya Pradesh (MP), is actually alarming. Bhopal tops the death toll with 7 out of 28 patients testing positive for the H1N1 virus succumbing during treatment. Indore is not far behind, where 5 of 5 patients have died of the dreaded virus.

In fact, the [doctor] in charge of the swine flu [group] at the directorate of health, Dr K K Thassu, issued a circular some days ago asking people not to be afraid of swine flu, as it is no longer an epidemic but only an endemic disease which can be cured through medication. At that time, swine flu fears seemed to be receding as most of the suspected swine flu patients were testing negative, and those admitted for treatment were responding well at both government and private hospitals. But in the past few days, the situation has changed dramatically. On Saturday [22 Sep 2012], 9 out of 11 samples sent for confirmation of swine flu tested positive, giving a clear indication that the infection was on the rise and facilities for its treatment grossly inadequate.

Link here...

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In the left menu under the heading...

27 Sep 2012 Influenza (92): India (MP, MH) H1N1 fatalities

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Justice and Development monitored 70 cases of a rare infection schools Qena
28-09-2012 11-24AM


Qena - a unique prayer

Spotted the Justice and Development Organization for Human Rights appearance of 70 cases of a rare viral disease in Qena, suspected of causing illness parotid gland, between some school pupils in the governorate, including Omar bin Khattab Primary in Qena Marashda village.

FAO noted in its report that the virus is spreading by air, and turns deadly bacteria according to medical testimony, and its side effects is to increase body temperature, and may lead to death.

Organization confirmed to the high incidence of disease parotid glands of some villages and centers in Qena, including Abutst center, and the center of the stay, as well as the lack of health units vaccines for the treatment of viral disease is rare.

As spotted adoption more than 10 thousand people from the people of the villages Asamta Bdhna on water wells, and pumps Abyssinian, and the high incidence of renal failure, and bladder, the lack of water stations pure serve deprived villages in Qena, and the disqualification of drinking water water station, Arabs, and Nagagerh, which serve several areas because of vanilla plants and pollutants around the station.

For his part, criticized Zidane Alguenaúa - Organization official in Qena - continued blatant medical neglect to maintain, and the lack of action by the executive, and the failure to provide vaccines for treatment, visit the affected schools by the Ministry of Health, as well as the failure of the Department of Health to investigate the matter.

He demanded "Alguenaúy" urgent action by the Ministry of Health and analyze samples of drinking water in all water stations villages and centers Qena, send medical convoys to vaccinate children in different schools and find out the disease, its causes and providing vaccines for treatment before the outbreak and spread to various provinces, or converted to epidemic like the plague.

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not flu but worth watching as airborne

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Novel Influenza A Virus:

From July 12 through September 27, 2012, a total of 306 infections with influenza A (H3N2) variant (H3N2v) viruses have been reported from ten states. One new case has been reported since last week’s update. Cumulative totals by state since July 12 are: Hawaii [1], Illinois [4], Indiana [138], Maryland [12], Michigan [6], Minnesota [4], Ohio [107], Pennsylvania [11], West Virginia [3], and Wisconsin [20]. Sixteen H3N2v-associated hospitalizations and one H3N2v-associated death have been reported. The vast majority of cases have occurred after prolonged swine exposure, though instances of likely human-to-human transmission have been identified. At this time no ongoing human-to-human transmission has been identified.

As a result of enhanced surveillance activities for H3N2v, one infection with an influenza A (H1N1) variant (H1N1v) virus and three infections with influenza A (H1N2) variant (H1N2v) virus have been detected since July 2012, bringing the total number of variant influenza virus infections to 310.

Because of reporting schedules, state totals posted by CDC may not always be consistent with those reported by state health departments. If there is a discrepancy between state and CDC case counts, data from the state health department should be used as the most accurate number.

Early identification and investigation of human infections with novel influenza A viruses is critical in order to evaluate the extent of the outbreak and possible human-to-human transmission.

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Indy area sees major rise in cold, flu
Updated: Thursday, 27 Sep 2012, 11:00 AM EDT
Published : Thursday, 27 Sep 2012, 6:08 AM EDT

Walter Allen
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - IU Health, along with other health care providers, have seen a major uptick in patients admitted for respiratory illnesses.

A majority of those symptoms look the same — cough, fever and sore throat.

ONLINE EXTRA | Compare cold and flu symptoms

The worst cases are infants and those who have underlying medical conditions like asthma, which could make it worse, requiring isolation.

Having seen such an increase in respiratory illnesses, IU Health is really encouraging everyone to get the flu vaccine.

IU Health says at its worst, the flu can kill hundreds of thousands and they say that getting the flu shot can decrease hospital visits by 50 to 60 percent.

To show how serious they are taking it this year, this is the first year all health care facilities in this area are requiring all employees to have the influenza vaccine.

"It shows that we care about patient safety above all else," Dr. Elaine Cox, specializing in infectious disease for IU Health, says. "Secondly, we all believe in influenza vaccinations. And thirdly, this is a joint effort between all health care systems. It doesn't matter where you work, it's part of the Indiana patient coalition initiative. They got everybody together for one cause and I think that underscores how important it is to health care."

The flu vaccine helps the individual fight the flu, and it also helps to protect those most vulnerable.

The Marion County Health Department will begin to offer flu shots next Monday and throughout the week at a number of locations.

The flu shot schedule is posted on the Marion County Health Department website: [link to www.mchd.com]

The flu shot hotline is 317-221-2121. Flu shots are $15, ages 2-18 are $10. Medicare and Medicaid are accepted.

sorry site closed down after i posted link

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To determine the extent to which influenza viruses jump between human and swine hosts, we undertook a large-scale phylogenetic analysis of pandemic A/H1N1/09 (H1N1pdm09) influenza virus genome sequence data. From this, we identified at least 49 human-to-swine transmission events that occurred globally during 2009-2011, thereby highlighting the ability of the H1N1pdm09 virus to transmit repeatedly from humans to swine, even following adaptive evolution in humans. Similarly, we identified at least 23 separate introductions of human seasonal (non-pandemic) H1 and H3 influenza viruses into swine globally since 1990. Overall, these results reveal the frequency with which swine are exposed to human influenza viruses, indicate that humans make a substantial contribution to the genetic diversity of influenza viruses in swine, and emphasize the need to improve biosecurity measures at the human-swine interface, including influenza vaccination of swine workers.

Date: Thu 27 Sep 2012

From: Anne Winter [edited]





[Previously it was reported in ProMED-mail post: Influenza (91): Canada (ON) H1N1v, human case 20120926.1311060 that it had not been confirmed that the M gene of the pandemic H1N1 virus, which is also present in the swine flu viruses that have been causing human infections in the USA this summer 2012, was present in the Canadian isolate. In fact, the complete sequence had been obtained, and the relevant data are presented below. - Mod.CP]



* PCR and sequencing results of HA and NA showed that this virus is an H1N1 subtype, which is closely related to H1N1 swine triple reassortant viruses identified in the United States in 2011 and 2012



* Sequencing revealed that this H1N1 carries the M gene of influenza A(H1N1)pdm09, as was found in the last 2 documented cases of H1N1v infection, in Wisconsin (December 2011) and Missouri (reported September 2012).



Based on the testing results from PHOL and NML, we conclude that this patient was infected with an influenza A H1N1 variant (H1N1v) virus.



* The HA gene was found to have nucleotide sequence homologies of:

* 98.8 percent to the HA of the H1N1v reported in Missouri earlier this month [September 2012].

* 96.2 percent to the HA of the H1N1v reported in Wisconsin in December 2011

* 92 percent to the HA of A/California/7/2009 (H1N1)-like virus, the A(H1N1)pdm09 strain in the current seasonal influenza vaccine.



Based on data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2 H1N1v viruses (A/Wisconsin and A/Missouri) isolated from humans in the US in 2011 and 2012, separately, are closely related antigenically to A/California/7/2009 virus, which is a vaccine component of the currently available influenza vaccine. It is expected that the 2012-2013 seasonal influenza vaccine is likely to protect against the H1N1v influenza virus, although the seasonal influenza vaccine may not protect people against some other variant influenza viruses that are very different from currently circulating human influenza viruses.

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If you haven’t checked the Center for Controlled Diseases website you might not know that this week CDC reported 12 additional human infections with influenza A (H3N2) variant* virus in 3 states: Hawaii (1 case), Ohio (10 cases) and Indiana (1 case). The H3N2v virus contains the M gene from the human influenza A(H1N1)pdm09 (2009 H1N1) virus, as have the previous 17 cases detected since July 2011. All of this week’s reported cases occurred in people who had direct or indirect contact with swine prior to their illness. The 10 cases in Ohio were associated with attendance at a fair where reportedly ill swine were present. The H3N2v case reported by Indiana also occurred in a person who attended a fair where swine were present. CDC continues to recommend preventive actions people can take to make their fair experience a safe and healthy one.

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AND FOR YOU ARKAY

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Seems to be no follow up on this

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arkay not heard from you hope allis well

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