Swine flu cases found in Maryland

Strain traveling the country comes to Maryland

August 17, 2012
Six Queen Anne's County residents have been diagnosed with a strain of swine flu that has been infecting people across the country, including many who have been attending state and local agricultural fairs, according to state health officials.

There have been 224 cases identified nationally by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and state agricultural officials confirmed that the five children and one adult in Maryland from different families all came in contact with pigs at the Queen Anne's County fair as well as other locations...Officials say only rarely has the virus been transmitted from person to person.
The findings are preliminary and the H3N2v strain will be confirmed by additional testing, said officials at the state Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. Those infected have not become seriously ill or hospitalized, but they do have common influenza symptoms...
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