Cuba free of swine flu--for now.Cuban Deputy Health Minister Luis Estruch Rancano said Jun. 1 there are no cases of influenza influenza or flu, acute, highly contagious disease caused by a virus; formerly known as the grippe. There are three types of the virus, designated A, B, and C, but only types A and B cause more serious contagious infections. A/H A/H Ampere/Hour A/H Air Handling 1N1 at this moment in Cuba. The health official, speaking at Havana's Pedro Kouri Tropical Medicine tropical medicine, study, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of certain diseases prevalent in the tropics. The warmth and humidity of the tropics and the often unsanitary conditions under which so many people in those areas live contribute to the development and Institute, said Cuba's health and civil defense systems have been active since the virus began to spread. To date, 18,000 cases of the flu have been reported in 63 countries and 116 people have died, while the four people found to have 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 Cuba--three Mexicans and one Canadian child--have already been discharged from the hospital. |
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