'SWINE FLU TO STRIKE 1 IN 6' Health experts plan to combat epidemic.Byline: DAVE A file sharing program from Thursby Software Systems, Inc., Arlington, TX (www.thursby.com) that allows a Macintosh to share files with a PC. Designed specifically for and needing installation only on the Mac, DAVE works with Microsoft's native SMB/CIFS file sharing protocols and uses HIMELFIELD TENS of thousands of people in Huddersfield could get swine flu swine flu n. A highly contagious form of human influenza caused by a filterable virus identical or related to a virus formerly isolated from infected swine. in the coming weeks, health chiefs warned today. Their latest plan to combat an expected epidemic revealed that one in six of the population of Kirklees could succumb to the virulent vir·u·lent adj. 1. Extremely infectious, malignant, or poisonous. Used of a disease or toxin. 2. Capable of causing disease by breaking down protective mechanisms of the host. Used of a pathogen. 3. disease. But they insisted that the estimate of 60,000 sufferers were very much the 'worst case' scenario. Even so, doctors and medical staff expect numbers to soar into the autumn, with thousands expected to contract the flu strain within days of the epidemic hitting the area. Many of those are likely to be children or young people, although elderly victims are more likely to suffer complications. Full story - Page 2 |
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