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Doctors have noticed a small rise in the number of flu cases at Texas Children's Hospital in the past few weeks, and health officials are hoping the coming months won't bring a repeat of last spring's rash of swine flu illness.
?It's a slight but steady increase over the last seven to 10 days ? it's a little ripple,? said Dr. Gail Demmler-Harrison, director of the hospital's diagnostic virology laboratory and also with the Baylor College of Medicine. ?But it's been a sustained ripple of influenza A virus detections. So we're waiting to see what's going to happen.?
There were two culture-confirmed cases of Type A influenza in December, three in January and seven in February ? all found to be of the swine flu subtype, Demmler-Harrison said.
Five cases of Type A influenza surfaced in the first week of March, but tests are still pending to determine if those are swine flu, she said.
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?It's a slight but steady increase over the last seven to 10 days ? it's a little ripple,? said Dr. Gail Demmler-Harrison, director of the hospital's diagnostic virology laboratory and also with the Baylor College of Medicine. ?But it's been a sustained ripple of influenza A virus detections. So we're waiting to see what's going to happen.?
There were two culture-confirmed cases of Type A influenza in December, three in January and seven in February ? all found to be of the swine flu subtype, Demmler-Harrison said.
Five cases of Type A influenza surfaced in the first week of March, but tests are still pending to determine if those are swine flu, she said.
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