Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Double Dipping

Via ProMED-mail: the Charleston Daily Mail reports on a pediatrician who came down with swine flu twice.

Parsons says she's spoken with CDC representatives about the results, and they said the double infection isn't all that unbelievable.
"They said this happens every year with seasonal flu, so there's no reason to expect that it wouldn't happen with swine flu," Parsons said. "Every flu strain can change a little bit."
The pediatrician says there may have been a tiny change in the virus that stopped her immune system from recognizing it or her body never built up immunity to it.

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