Patna reports 1 swine flu, 2 H3N2 cases

[ad_1] IANS Patna: Patna’s health department has reported one case of swine flu and two of the H3N2 influenza, an official said on Friday. Confirming the development, Patna civil surgeon Sharawan Kumar said of the two H3N2 cases, one is a four-year-old child from the city’s Sabzibagh locality. The secondContinue Reading

Doctors warn against self-medication in H3N2 flu

[ad_1] Lucknow: With influenza A subtype H3N2 virus claiming two lives in India, one each in Karnataka and Haryana, doctors in Lucknow have urged people to avoid self-medication. Sheetal Verma, senior faculty department of microbiology at King George’s Medical University (KGMU) said, “The influenza A virus sub-type H3N2 is nothingContinue Reading

59 H3N2 influenza cases detected in Odisha

[ad_1] IANS Bhubaneswar: At least 59 H3N2 influenza cases were detected in Odisha during the last two months, said director of regional medical research centre (RMRC)-Bhubaneswar, Sanghamitra Pati here on Saturday. A total of 225 suspected flu samples from different parts of the state were tested for H3N2 at theContinue Reading

Kashmir Has 100 H3N2 Cases, Data Reveals

[ad_1] SRINAGAR: As H3N2 scare continues to looms large in various parts of North India, the viral infection is being evenly witnessed in Union Territory as most cases of viral infections over a period of one-and-a-half month fall in this subtype of Influenza-A, as revealed by figures of Chest &Continue Reading