Connecticut Records Third Swine Flu Death
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June 15, 2009 by fluoutbreak
WTIC
Waterbury Hospital officials have confirmed that a female in her early forties who entered the hospital with respiratory problems and later tested positive for the H1N1 virus, also known as Swine Flu, has died. Swine Flu is believed to have played a contributing role in her death, the hospital said. The woman died early Monday morning, officials said.
“When this patient was originally admitted to our hospital, she presented with influenza-like illness with respiratory symptoms,” said Steve Aronin, MD, head of Infectious Diseases at Waterbury Hospital. “We believe that the virus had likely been incubating within her system because she didn’t appear to have the flu when she first came to the hospital.” He said the woman did have a few other health conditions which may have contributed to lowering her immune system’s ability to fend off the H1N1 virus.
It is Connecticut’s third death linked to swine flu. All of the deaths have had a link to Waterbury.
Last week, a six-year-old boy from Waterbury died after being diagnosed with the virus. The boy had not attended school this year, had serious underlying medical conditions, and had been hospitalized, state officials said.
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