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The Taney County Health Department received confirmation on August 17th of two laboratory confirmed cases of 2009 novel H1N1 Influenza-A in Taney County teenagers. These are the first laboratory confirmed H1N1 cases among Taney County residents.
http://www.ozarksentinel.com/news/2009/ ... ey-county/

http://www.bransondailynews.com/story.php?

The Taney County Health Department was notified earlier this week that two Taney County teenagers have tested positive for having H1N1 Influenza A, commonly referred to as swine flu.

The cases are the first laboratory confirmed cases in Taney County. Health Department Administrator Jim Berry said he was not surprised to hear that there had been confirmed cases in Taney County, as the virus is in every state...

The two teenagers have recovered from the illness, Jean Mueller, public information officer with the health department, said. She added that by the time the lab tests results had come back, the youth had recovered. Test results can take several days.

http://www.dhss.mo.gov/Influenza/Week330910p.pdf Table 4. Reported Cases of Novel H1N1 Influenza by Jurisdiction, Missouri
April 2009 through August 22, 2009 (Week 33)

County Reported
Cases
Adair 6 Kansas City 16
Boone 5 Livingston 1
Buchanan 1 Macon 2
Butler 3 Maries 1
Callaway 5 Morgan 1
Cape Girardeau 1 New Madrid 2
Cass 2 Newton 1
Christian 1 Pettis 3
Clay 3 Platte 6
Cole 7 Polk 1
Franklin 2 Pulaski 44
Greene 5 Putnam 2
Grundy 1 St. Charles 10
Howard 2 St. Francois 3
Independence 5 St. Louis City 11
Jackson 15 St. Louis County 39
Jefferson 3 Taney 2
Johnson 2 STATE TOTAL 214

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"The single biggest threat to man's continued dominace on the planet is the virus." Joshua Lederburg. PhD

State health officials have reported an increase in the number of flu-like illnesses, with emergency room treatment doubling ]in the last week.

Missouri hospitals reported four percent of patients being treated for flu-like illness in the last several days, up from less than two percent on normal days. In southeast Missouri, nearly 14 percent--or one in seven patients--were treated for similar cases.

... 47 percent of those being treated in hospital emergency rooms are children between the ages of five and 17.

http://www.ksdk.com/news/local/story.as ... yid=184332

http://www.ky3.com/news/local/58484962.html

It's important to note that whooping cough has similar symptoms of the flu so I'm posting this here for imformative purposes. You never know who might have a sick child who's browsing for information and it's important to note that there are other viruses/diseases which could be mistaken for swine flu when in fact it could be something else which is serious like whooping cough, for example.

INDEPENDENCE, Mo. - Missouri has recorded its second swine flu death, and the first in the western part of the state.

State health officials say a 24-year-old Independence woman died Wednesday night, several days after she was hospitalized with symptoms including diarrhea, coughing and extreme fatigue. Her name was not released.

The Department of Health and Senior Services announced the death on Thursday evening.

http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/index ... ist=health

Swine flu blamed in girl's death

BY KIM BELL
ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH
09/26/2009

The mother of a teenager from north St. Louis County says her daughter died of swine flu, potentially the first death of a child in Missouri due to the illness. State and local health officials are investigating.

Asia Conley, 14, died at St. Louis Children's Hospital on Tuesday evening after days on a ventilator.

"The doctor said she tested positive for the swine flu," said Asia's mother, Kim Conley. "Four doctors told me that the inflammation was from the flu. They said it went up into her brain and gave her three strokes because it had blocked the arteries of her brain."

The Missouri Department of Health will investigate the death because it involves the suspected flu death of a child. The state must forward a report to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said Kit Wagar, spokesman for the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services.


No child has died in Missouri from the swine flu, also called the H1N1 virus. Two adults who had H1N1 died this year in Missouri.

Asia suffered from seasonal asthma. She also underwent brain surgery two years ago to install a shunt for hydrocephalus, Kim Conley said.

http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/s ... enDocument