As of the 28th April, the Government of Mexico has reported 26 laboratory confirmed cases of swine influenza A/H1N1. Investigations are continuing to clarify the spread and severity of the disease in Mexico. Suspected clinical cases have been reported in 19 of the country’s 32 states with up to 1,000 suspected cases and up to 150 deaths.
The United States Government has now raised the laboratory confirmed human cases of swine influenza A/H1N1 to 40 (28 in New York, 7 in California, 2 in Texas, 2 in Kansas and 1 in Ohio). All 40 cases have had mild Influenza-like Illness with only one requiring brief hospitalisation. No deaths have been reported in the USA. All 40 cases have the same genetic pattern based on preliminary testing. The virus is being described as a new subtype of A/H1N1 not previously detected in swine or humans.
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