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One small hospital outside of Washington DC began planning last April for flu patients influx
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Researchers are now re-thinking not just the names of viruses, but the way they look at them, too
http://www.flulab.com/issues.php?id=2009-11-03
Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius says flu cases are more widespread and severe in US this year
http://www.flulab.com/issues.php?id=2009-10-21
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Surge in H1N1 Cases Puts Strain on Hospital Emergency Rooms | News | English
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Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Influenza A/(H5N1) Reported to WHO
18 March 2008
| Country | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | Total | | cases | deaths | cases | deaths | cases | deaths | cases | deaths | cases | deaths | cases | deaths | cases | deaths | | Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | | Cambodia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | | China | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 20 | | Djibouti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 47 | 20 | | Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 13 | 55 | 45 | 42 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 129 | 105 | | Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | | Laos | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | Myanmar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | | Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | Thailand | 0 | 0 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 17 | | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | | Viet Nam | 3 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 61 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 106 | 52 | | Total | 4 | 4 | 46 | 32 | 98 | 43 | 115 | 79 | 86 | 59 | 24 | 19 | 373 | 236 |
Total number of cases includes number of deaths.
WHO reports only laboratory-confirmed cases.
All dates refer to onset of illness.
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