Sister of UT employee also dies of A/H1N1

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Sister of UT employee also dies of swine flu

By Mary Ann Roser | Thursday, October 8, 2009, 01:37 PM

The sister of a University of Texas employee who died Sept. 27 of swine flu has also succumbed to the same H1N1 virus, the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department has confirmed.

Sylvia Duran, 35, died yesterday. She had been in the intensive care unit at a local hospital with pneumonia during the funeral for her sister, Linda Duran, their sister, Olga Duran, had said last week.

Sylvia Duran had an underlying health condition that complicated her flu case, according to Carole Barasch, spokeswoman for the health department.

Sylvia Duran?s death brings to four the number attributed to the H1N1 virus in Travis County, Barasch said.

As of last week, there were 52 swine flu deaths in Texas, said Doug McBride, spokesman for the Department of State Health Services.

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Re: Sister of UT employee also dies of A/H1N1

Oh wow. This is only the second case of two H1N1 fatalities in the same family. There is a reference to some pre-existing condition in the sister here, but again, I hope they sequence the virus to make sure this isn't a mutation.

I wonder why this didn't get as much media attention as the McIntosh siblings.

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Re: Sister of UT employee also dies of A/H1N1

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Sister of UT employee also dies of swine flu

Death brings to four number of swine flu deaths in Travis County.

By Mary Ann Roser
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Friday, October 09, 2009

The sister of a University of Texas employee who died Sept. 27 of swine flu has also succumbed to the H1N1 virus, the Austin/Travis County Health and Human Services Department has confirmed.

Sylvia Duran, 35, died Wednesday. She was in intensive care with pneumonia during the funeral for her 42-year-old sister, Linda Duran, sibling Olga Duran said last week.

Health department spokeswoman Carole Barasch said Sylvia Duran was morbidly obese, which preliminary studies suggest may increase the risk of hospitalization and death in people with H1N1, according to the U.S.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. "Patients with morbid obesity, and perhaps obesity, often have underlying conditions that put them at increased risk for complications due to 2009 H1N1 influenza infection, such as diabetes, asthma, chronic respiratory illness or liver disease," the CDC says.

Linda Duran, who worked at UT's print shop for 15 years, had diabetes, a condition that also made her more susceptible to complications from flu, Olga Duran said. Linda Duran also had pneumonia and congestive heart failure while hospitalized at St. David's Medical Center, she said.
Sylvia Duran was a UT graduate with a degree in Mexican American studies, according to an obituary.

Her death is the fourth attributed to the H1N1 virus in Travis County.


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