Fifth Confirmed Case Of Swine Flu In Mississippi

Mississippi Swine Flu Health Department says the latest case is a young adult male in Harrison County which has four of the state's five confirmed cases.
by The Associated Press
Published: Tue, May 19, 2009 - 1:37 pm CST
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A fifth case of swine flu has been
confirmed in Mississippi.
The Mississippi Department of Health says the latest case is
from a young adult male in Harrison County, who has fully
recovered.
The department earlier announced the first four cases, three in
Harrison County and one in Forrest County. Those cases were in a
woman, man, a child under the age of 1 and a young adult male. All
have recovered.
In all the Harrison County cases, officials say the people were
unrelated and lived in different households.
Health officials say Mississippi is likely to see more cases of
swine flu. They say the strain "appears to be clinically similar
to seasonal flu."

(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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