Flu Hits Arkansas
By: Import User
Updated: January 7, 2009
Health officials say about three-fourths of
confirmed influenza cases nationwide are in a small region
including Arkansas.
Since September 28, 148 of 193 confirmed flu cases nationwide
were in the region also including Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the most
cases are in Texas. The number of influenza cases per week at Texas
Children`s Hospital in Houston peaked at 129 in mid-October. Two
weeks ago it dropped to 66 cases, although that is still an
extraordinarily high number, experts say.
So far in Arkansas, there have been three positive cultures for
influenza type A in Pulaski County, and positive antigen tests or
flu-like symptoms have been reported in Arkansas, Clark, Desha,
Faulkner, Greene, Lonoke, Miller, Perry, Pulaski, Saline and
Washington counties.
Posted by Mike Hellgren
