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The first cases of swine flu resistant to Tamiflu in the country came from a Henderson County camp.

Two campers from Camp Blue Star in Henderson County are resistant to Tamiflu, an antiviral for the swine flu.

One camper resides in Buncombe County and the other lives in Florida.

“Both are fine,” said Tom Bridges, Health Director for the Henderson County Health Department.

The campers became ill with swine flu in July while receiving Tamiflu for exposure to other ill campers. Both had mild illness and have since recovered. The two cases were discovered by the CDC through testing of samples submitted by Henderson County Health Department through the N.C. State Laboratory of Public Health. Camp Blue Star completed all camp sessions planned and is now closed for the season.

State Epidemiologist Megan Davies said that care givers across the state are being reminded that use of antivirals as prevention may be considered for persons at higher risk of complications due to flu or for health care workers with an unprotected exposure to influenza.

http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/200 ... n-country-

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Total Hospitalizations 175
Total Deaths 9
New Hospitalizations since 8/19/09 19
New Deaths since 8/19/09 0

http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/gcdc/flu2009.html

"The Wilkes County Health Department this morning confirmed the first case of the new Novel influenza A H1N1 virus in Wilkes County.
Because of privacy guidelines, no information on the patient was made available other than the fact that it is a child who has not been hospitalized and is recovering at home under a doctor's care..."
> http://www.journalpatriot.com/fullstory.asp?id=1611

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Total Hospitalizations 193
Total Deaths 9
New Hospitalizations since 8/26/09 18
New Deaths since 8/26/09 0

TOTAL ISOLATES IDENTIFIED TO DATE**
A (H1N1) Pandemic* 587
*A (H1N1) Pandemic was formerly known as "Swine Flu".
**This table does not include A (H1N1) Pandemic isolates identified by other laboratories.

http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/gcdc/flu2009.html

http://www.gastongazette.com/news/stude ... chool.html



It really really worries me that the Gaston Counth Health Director does not realize that about 50% of the cases of swine flu present without a fever.

Saturday, September 05, 2009

http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/news/ ... 18007.html

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/local/ ... 52681.html

Pandemic flu infections throughout North Carolina are so widespread that doctors and hospitals are dealing with an outbreak more typical of January or February, when seasonal flu spikes.

“Right now we're in the midst of a second wave,” said Dr. Jeffrey Engel, state health director. He said this wave – the first hit in May when the novel H1N1 erupted before tailing off in the summer – is likely to remain at a peak for a while more before it eases.

For the first week of September, the state reported 1,125 cases of flu-like illness
At its worst last winter, seasonal flu hit 719 people in North Carolina during one week in February.
Engel said he expects there will be a third wave of the pandemic flu, and it's likely to strike at the same time that seasonal flu begins circulating this winter.

According to recent analyses, 6 percent of patients who died from H1N1 infections in the early outbreak were pregnant women.

http://www.epi.state.nc.us/epi/gcdc/flu2009.html

September 23, 2009 – 11:00 a.m.
Total Hospitalizations 255
Total Deaths 11
New Hospitalizations since 9/16/09 38
New Deaths since 9/16/09 0

week 36 ending 9/12/2009
# ILI 1,054
patient visits 15,853
percent ILI 6.64% [last wk. was 5.73%; 2 wk. ago was 1.92%]