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Four other starters have been ailing this week. There are also two non-starters out with mononucleosis.

The University of Arizona says it has 13 cases of H1N1 swine flu at its Tucson campus. “We have 13 confirmed H1N1 cases. All were mild to moderate in nature, no one has been hospitalized. everyone has recovered or is recovering,” said UA spokesman Johnny Cruz. The number is not as widespread as those reported at some schools such as the University of Kansas and Washington State University, but other colleges in Arizona say they can’t peg how many cases of H1N1 are on their campuses. Officials with Maricopa Community Colleges say they are not aware of any cases.

Arizona universities say they have cases of the H1N1 swine flu on campus, but don’t know how many. Officials at Arizona State University in Tempe, Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and Thunderbird School of Global Management in Glendale say they haven’t been able to track the numbers.

Dr. Allen Markus, director of health services at ASU, said university health clinics are seeing students with flu symptoms but nothing is out of the ordinary compared to last year. Markus said the H1N1 continues to affect patients much the same as seasonal flu. “Both the state and Coconino County Health Department are discouraging testing of suspected H1N1 cases. It is unknown how many might be at Northern Arizona University,” said NAU spokesman Tom Bauer said. “However, NAU’s Fronske Health Center is seeing a few influenza-like illnesses per day. County health officials believe that more than 80 percent of influenza-like illness circulating right now is the H1N1 virus. So far the H1N1 virus is similar in severity of illness to the seasonal flu and most individuals get better without needing medical care,” Bauer said. Officials at Thunderbird said they are not sure if any students have the H1N1 strain of influenza.

Sierra Vista schools affected by flu but plan to stay open
Mon, 10/05/2009 - 01:11

Adam Curtis
Herald/Review

SIERRA VISTA — Administrators don’t expect to close schools this week due to an outbreak of illnesses.

Public schools in Sierra Vista experienced unusually high absentee rates last week due to students staying home with flu-like symptoms suspected to be caused by the H1N1 flu virus.

Superintendent Brett Agenbroad said absentee rates declined over the course of the week and no schools were closed or are planned to be closed.
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TUCSON, AZ- A charter school has decided to close down for the rest of the week out of concern of spreading the H1N1 virus -- also know as the swine flu.
Over half of the students at Paulo Freire Freedom School -- 35 total -- are showing "influenza like illness," according to Patti Woodcock, a spokeswoman for the Pima County Health Deptartment.