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Wed, Sep 20, 2023
Flu cases increase, seven deaths reported
SEVERE CASES: Among 35 severe influenza cases, three children who developed flu-like symptoms were suspected to have encephalitis, a CDC physician said
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Influenza activity is increasing, with more than 100,000 hospital visits for flu-like illness last week, 35 cases of severe flu complications and seven flu-related deaths, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.
Of the respiratory disease specimens identified at contracted laboratories in the past four weeks, the most common were flu viruses, accounting for 54.8 percent, followed by adenoviruses (16.7 percent) and respiratory syncytial viruses (12.1 percent), CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Director Guo Hung-wei (郭宏偉) said...
Wed, Sep 20, 2023
Flu cases increase, seven deaths reported
SEVERE CASES: Among 35 severe influenza cases, three children who developed flu-like symptoms were suspected to have encephalitis, a CDC physician said
By Lee I-chia / Staff reporter
Influenza activity is increasing, with more than 100,000 hospital visits for flu-like illness last week, 35 cases of severe flu complications and seven flu-related deaths, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) said yesterday.
Of the respiratory disease specimens identified at contracted laboratories in the past four weeks, the most common were flu viruses, accounting for 54.8 percent, followed by adenoviruses (16.7 percent) and respiratory syncytial viruses (12.1 percent), CDC Epidemic Intelligence Center Director Guo Hung-wei (郭宏偉) said...