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Published 07/02/2009 by The Australian


Swine is this year's most popular flu

SWINE flu has become Australia's dominant influenza strain, with experts predicting that as many as four out of five flu suffers will have the H1N1 virus.

Testing results for swine flu in Victoria have revealed that the H1N1 virus has dramatically overtaken existing strains of seasonal influenza...

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Australia urges calm over flu
MELBOURNE - AUSTRALIAN authorities told parents not to panic over the spread of H1N1 flu on Thursday after the country recorded its first child death related to ... - [07/02/2009 - Straits Times]
Australian minister calls for calm over child A...
CANBERRA, July 2 (Xinhua) -- Australian Health Minister Nicola Roxon has reassured parents of young children that in the majority of cases A/H1N1 flu remains a mild ... - [07/02/2009 - Xinhua News Agency]

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...state to state, "the approximate figure would be closer to 50 to 80 per cent of people overall"
Swine is this year's most popular flu [The Australian - 07/02/2009]
"It may peter out towards winter's end, or there is a possibility that, like previous influenzas, it may wipe out other flu species" he said
Swine is this year's most popular flu [The Australian - 07/02/2009]
...confirmed: "We would expect swine flu will become our major influenza this season."
Swine is this year's most popular flu [The Australian - 07/02/2009]

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