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Media Advisory
For Immediate Release
Friday, August 3, 2012
Contact: CDC Division of News & Electronic Media
(404) 639-3286
CDC Update: Influenza A (H3N2) Variant Virus
WHAT: CDC will host
a telephone-only media availability to provide an update on the domestic
influenza A (H3N2) variant (“H3N2v”) virus situation. A number of additional
cases of human infection with H3N2v virus have been confirmed in the United
States and are being reported on Friday. To date, all of the cases reported
involved recent contact with pigs at agricultural fairs.
WHO: Joseph
Bresee, M.D., Influenza Division, CDC
Lisa Ferguson, D.V.M., National Animal
Health Policy Programs, U.S. Department of Agriculture
WHEN: Friday,
August 3, 2012 at Noon (ET)
