Is Swine Flu Producing Another Flu Season and For Whom?

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http://scienceblogs.com/effectmeasure/2009/07/is_swine_flu_producing_a_secon.php#more

Data from the Emerging Infections Program (EIP), one of the component parts of the CDC national influenza surveillance system, is showing that for some segments of its population the US did indeed experience a second flu season. The segment of particular concern are children between the ages of 5 to 17 years old, and to some extent adults between the ages of 18 and 49. The EIP counts only laboratory-confirmed hospitalizations in 60 counties located in 12 metropolitan areas in 10 states (if you are wondering, the 12 metro areas are San Francisco CA, Denver CO, New Haven CT, Atlanta GA, Baltimore MD, Minneapolis/St. Paul MN, Albuquerque NM, Las Cruces, NM, Albany NY, Rochester NY, Portland OR, and Nashville TN).

...in every age group we see a rise in flu hospitalizations and in the 5 -17 year old group it has been at flu season rates and getting close to that in the 18 - 49 year old group:

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