SiteTitle • | State Health Department Confirms H3N2v Influenza Case | [X] |
Organization • | Illinois Department of Public Health | [X] |
| 1: | | Title: | | | | Volume/Number: | 2012 August 8 | | | Issuing Agency: | | | | Description: | The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) laboratory has confirmed one case of what is known as the H3N2v influenza virus, which has now been reported in four states this year Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio. IDPH is working with local, state and federal health officials, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the Illinois Department of Agriculture and the Coles County Health Department, to identify how a child, who attended the Coles County Fair, contracted the virus last week. This child has not been hospitalized. CDC is conducting additional laboratory testing. | | | Date Created: | 08 09 2012 | | | Agency ID: | 878**12 | | | ISL ID: | 000000044628 Original UID: 24121 FIRST WORD: State | |
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