Swine flu

2023 - 11 - 27

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New strain of swine flu detected in person for first time in UK (Sky News)

The person was diagnosed with the infection - influenza A(H1N2)v - as part of routine national flu surveillance after visiting their GP in North Yorkshire with ...

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First Human Case of New Swine Flu Strain Detected in the U.K. (TIME)

U.K. officials reported a person with a flu strain that until now has been found only in pigs.

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UK's first human case of swine flu strain detected (RTE.ie)

Routine surveillance in GP surgeries picked up the case after the person suffered a mild illness. The UKHSA said it is now carrying out contact tracing of close ...

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First human case similar to swine flu detected in the UK (Open Access Government)

Health officials are urgently working to trace contacts of an individual who has been infected with the H1N2 strain.

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Swine flu: What are the symptoms and how can I protect myself? (Offaly Express)

The first flu strain H1N2 – commonly known as swine flu – has been detected in a human based in the UK, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has an...

UK detects swine flu; Mounjaro leads to more and faster weight loss ... (Medical Economics)

A new type of swine flu has been detected in someone from the United Kingdom, the Health Security Agency announced yesterday. The individual has since recovered ...

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Swine flu: UK reports its first human case of A(H1N2)v strain (The BMJ)

Meera Chand, incident director at UKHSA, said, “It is thanks to routine flu surveillance and genome sequencing that we've been able to detect this virus. We're ...

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HSE says Ireland has no swine flu cases, while one is detected in ... (Irish Examiner)

The HSE however also recommended anyone working with pigs, poultry and water fowl to get the flu vaccine for protection. The variant influenza A (H1N2)v is one ...

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