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H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) — May 9, 2009
DSHS is reporting 179 confirmed cases of H1N1 flu in Texas, including 178 in Texas residents.
Texas counties with confirmed cases:
| Bexar |
32 |
| Brazoria | 1 |
| Cameron | 3 |
| Collin | 3 |
| Comal | 4 |
| Dallas | 16 |
| Denton | 2 |
| El Paso | 17 |
| Fort Bend | 4 |
| Guadalupe | 18 |
| Harris | 11 |
| Hidalgo | 1 |
| Jefferson | 1 |
| Johnson | 9 |
| Matagorda | 1 |
| Montgomery | 1 |
| Nolan | 1 |
| Nueces | 6 |
| Starr | 2 |
| Tarrant | 41 |
| Taylor | 1 |
| Travis | 2 |
| Wise | 1 |
| Texas Residents | 178 |
| Non-Texas Residents | 1 |
| Total | 179 |
Earliest known illness onset – Texas residents: April 11
Latest known illness onset – Texas residents: April 30
Texas has 254 counties.
Case counts will not be updated before 10 a.m. May 10.
Deaths. On May 5 DSHS reported the first death of a Texas resident with H1N1 flu: A woman from Cameron County who had chronic underlying health conditions died earlier this week. A young boy from Mexico City who had underlying health problems died last month in a Houston-area hospital.
The public is urged to follow standard risk-reduction precautions to reduce the spread of illness:
- Stay home if you’re sick.
- Cover coughs and sneezes.
- Wash hands frequently and thoroughly with soap and warm water or use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer.
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Pistachios — April 10, 2009
Consumers may search a U.S. Food and Drug Administration online database to see what brands of pistachios or pistachio-containing products are being recalled because of possible contamination with Salmonella.FDA Recall Information
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Salmonella Typhimurium — April 10, 2009
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other federal, state and local public health agencies continue to investigate a multistate outbreak of salmonellosis caused by a strain of Salmonella serotype Typhimurium.There have been 691 cases of the bacterial illness reported from 46 states since early September, including 10 from Texas.
The 10 Texas cases are from Galveston, Harris (3), Lubbock, Tarrant (3), Travis and Willacy counties and occurred in October, November, December, January and early February.
Check FDA link below for products that have been recalled as a result of this investigation and CDC link for national outbreak information and advice for consumers.
FDA Recall Information
CDC Outbreak Information
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Seasonal Flu Surveillance — April 5, 2009
DSHS’s latest flu report, for the week ending May 2, classifies seasonal flu activity in Texas as “regional.”
The “regional” classification is used when there are increases in laboratory-confirmed flu and flu-like illnesses in at least two but less than half the regions in the state during the week.
DSHS reported “sporadic” for the same week last year.
DSHS has confirmed 10 seasonal flu-associated pediatric deaths in Texas this season.
Flu is not a reportable condition in Texas, but DSHS relies on reports from a surveillance network to classify flu activity. DSHS reports the weekly classifications to the CDC.
CDC’s flu-activity classifications range from no activity to sporadic, local, regional and widespread.
This Flu Surveillance item is updated weekly on Tuesday.
DSHS Flu Surveillance Information
West Nile — November 20, 2008
DSHS has confirmed 38 human cases of neuroinvasive West Nile in Texas residents this year. Counties with cases are: Brazos (4), Clay, Dallas (3), Denton, El Paso (19), Frio, Harris, Jefferson, Knox, Smith, Tarrant (3), Travis and Webb.
DSHS has confirmed one West Nile death in Texas this year.
Neuroinvasive refers to meningitis or encephalitis.
In 2007 West Nile was detected in 93 counties. There were 170 human cases of neuroinvasive West Nile and 90 West Nile fever cases from 59 counties, including 17 deaths.
In 2006 West Nile was detected in 98 Texas counties. There were 233 human cases from 46 counties, including 33 deaths.
In 2005 West Nile was detected in 78 Texas counties. There were 128 human cases from 38 counties, including 11 deaths.
In 2004 West Nile was detected in 101 Texas counties. There were 119 human cases from 40 counties, including eight deaths.
In 2003 West Nile was detected in 190 counties. There were 439 human cases from 86 counties, including 38 deaths.
In 2002 West Nile was detected in 213 counties. There were 202 human cases from 37 counties, including 13 deaths.
Since the virus was first found in Texas in 2002, West Nile has been detected in humans, birds, mosquitoes or horses in 235 of the state's 254 counties.
See Annual SummariesPage last updated: 5/09/09 - 1:18 p.m.
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