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mainer

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8. More info: no foreign travel.

Reply to Bosonic (Original post)

Wed May 22, 2013, 11:10 AM

May 2013

and patients appear to have had no contact with each other. Age range all over the place. One confirmed H1N1.

Let's not forget the great flu pandemic of 1918 began in Kansas, near pig farms.

I wonder if these patients lived in farming country.

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Mysterious illness kills 2 in southeast Alabama [View all] Bosonic May 2013 OP

possibly related to oil pollution? n/t JesterCS May 2013 #1

If so, that would have happened a few years ago Chemisse May 2013 #2

Travel history? Middle East or Asia? mainer May 2013 #3

The bubonic plague? fasttense May 2013 #4

There is the Hantavirus out in the south west states Marrah_G May 2013 #7

Hope it's not that coronavirus that has been circulating in the middle east laundry_queen May 2013 #5

Hopefully they can track it back to a cause quickly Marrah_G May 2013 #6

More info: no foreign travel. mainer May 2013 #8

Wasn't the 'great flu epidemic' related to soldiers returning from abroad? elleng May 2013 #10

It was called the "Spanish flu" mainer May 2013 #11

Giotcha. Thanks. elleng May 2013 #12

One confirmed H1N1? siligut May 2013 #13

Plenty of choices to look at shebornik May 2013 #9