Seven Dunwoody Scouts test positive for swine flu

By MEGAN MATTEUCCI, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Seven Dunwoody Boy Scouts have tested positive for swine flu, their troop leader said.

Another seven scouts in the same troop showed symptons of the H1N1 virus, assistant scout leader Ed Cerbone said.

All of the scouts are expected to recover, he said.

“We haven’t seen where anybody got worse or headed to the hospital,” Cerbone said Sunday.

Of the 14 sick boys, about a third were showing signs of recovery Sunday night, including increased appetites and movement.

“The rest are still working their way through it,” Cerbone said. “It looks like we are working our way through the woods.”

The boys, of Troop 434 from All Saints Catholic Church, got sick after a week at Camp Daniel Boone in North Carolina, Cerbone said.

They were among about 700 campers who arrived June 7 at the camp, which is located in the mountains southwest of Asheville. They were planning to spend a week at the camp.

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