But any flu can be a risk for some people, and people should
be cautious when they can, he added.
The case count jumped from 29 a week ago to 158 this week,
thanks to a wave of new cases in Indiana and Ohio, said Bresee, the agency's
chief of influenza epidemiology.
Most of the infected patients are children - probably
because many were working closely with raising, displaying and visiting pigs at
the agricultural fairs, Bresee said.
The recent cases include at least 113 in Indiana, 30 in
Ohio, one in Hawaii and one in Illinois, Bresee said in a conference call with
reporters.
The count is changing rapidly. Indiana health officials on
Thursday afternoon said they had seven more confirmed cases than Bresee noted.
That would raise the grand total to 165 so far.
Also, diagnosis of cases has become quicker in the last
week. CDC no longer must confirm a case with its own lab. Now states are using
CDC test kits to confirm cases on their own on, speeding the process along. The
newly reported cases were likely infected a week or two ago.
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