YEAR flu epidemic this season with malignant and worst over the last four years, especially vaccines that now there is no longer effective against the virus that causes a lot of people sick. So says local health officials in Atlanta, United States, Thursday (17 / 4) local time.
The 2007-2008 season passes so slowly, peaked in mid-February and appears to be declining, although cases are still emerging, according to reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP).
Based on adult deaths from flu and pneumonia, this season is the worst season since 2003-2004. This is a bad period during which the vaccine is also not immune to banish the flu causes of many diseases.
Every year, health officials linked-to make important scientific forecasts - formulate a vaccine against three viruses will be circulating. They think, most of the time, this vaccine is often effective up to 70-90 percent. However, this year, two of the three strains is not very suitable and effective vaccine can only be about 44 percent. Thus the results of research that disclosed in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
The CDC compares flu season by looking at adult deaths from flu or pneumonia in 122 cities. This year, those deaths peaked at 9 percent of the entire report in early March and increased to epidemic threshold for 13 weeks. In the period 2003-2004, the peak exceeded 10 percent of all deaths and reached epidemic up to nine weeks.
"Flu season that happened to us this is not so high but it lasts a long time," explained Dr. And Jernigan, deputy director of CDC's Influenza Division.
Child mortality is a flu season that could be compared. So far, this year 66 children died including 46 who are not vaccinated. In 2003-2004, 153 children died.
The CDC started working this year with the Marshfield Clinic in central Wisconsin to get an effective vaccine and flu season is right though still ongoing. Almost the entire population visited a clinic to get the vaccination and electronic medical records.
This year, virus type A H3N2 Brisbane strain that no vaccine including who is responsible for all the flu that appears. Marshfield data showed that the vaccine does not work well against the viruses of type B and 58 percent effective against the Brisbane virus.
Jernigan stated that some people may no longer believe in the flu vaccine and will avoid it next year. However, he notes, when the vaccine is no longer suitable, the vaccine still provides protection about 44 percent.
Marshfield research and development of this flu have been published this week in a media-owned CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Report.
The 2007-2008 season passes so slowly, peaked in mid-February and appears to be declining, although cases are still emerging, according to reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP).
Based on adult deaths from flu and pneumonia, this season is the worst season since 2003-2004. This is a bad period during which the vaccine is also not immune to banish the flu causes of many diseases.
Every year, health officials linked-to make important scientific forecasts - formulate a vaccine against three viruses will be circulating. They think, most of the time, this vaccine is often effective up to 70-90 percent. However, this year, two of the three strains is not very suitable and effective vaccine can only be about 44 percent. Thus the results of research that disclosed in Marshfield, Wisconsin.
The CDC compares flu season by looking at adult deaths from flu or pneumonia in 122 cities. This year, those deaths peaked at 9 percent of the entire report in early March and increased to epidemic threshold for 13 weeks. In the period 2003-2004, the peak exceeded 10 percent of all deaths and reached epidemic up to nine weeks.
"Flu season that happened to us this is not so high but it lasts a long time," explained Dr. And Jernigan, deputy director of CDC's Influenza Division.
Child mortality is a flu season that could be compared. So far, this year 66 children died including 46 who are not vaccinated. In 2003-2004, 153 children died.
The CDC started working this year with the Marshfield Clinic in central Wisconsin to get an effective vaccine and flu season is right though still ongoing. Almost the entire population visited a clinic to get the vaccination and electronic medical records.
This year, virus type A H3N2 Brisbane strain that no vaccine including who is responsible for all the flu that appears. Marshfield data showed that the vaccine does not work well against the viruses of type B and 58 percent effective against the Brisbane virus.
Jernigan stated that some people may no longer believe in the flu vaccine and will avoid it next year. However, he notes, when the vaccine is no longer suitable, the vaccine still provides protection about 44 percent.
Marshfield research and development of this flu have been published this week in a media-owned CDC, Morbidity and Mortality Report.
