Friday, December 27, 2013
December 27, 2013 (CHICAGO) (WLS) --
Flu viruses are spreading in Illinois and the leading strain detected in
lab tests is H1N1, the same strain that caused a pandemic in 2009.
Health officials say statewide flu activity is "regional,"
which is a step below "widespread." That means the flu has been
confirmed in less than half the regions of the state. In Chicago, hospitals are reporting an increase in emergency room visit from people with flu-like symptoms. But levels are half what they were during the same week last season.
"It's been very quiet, very much in the background," Paul Schreckenberger, microbiologist, said of the strain. "Then all of the sudden this year, starting last week, we've had a big upsurge of the 2009 pandemic strain."
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