2009 swine flu outbreak in Venezuela | |
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Disease | Swine flu |
Virus strain | H1N1 |
Arrival date | 28 May 2009 |
Confirmed cases | 2,545 |
Suspected cases‡ | 11,160[1] |
Deaths | 115 |
‡Suspected cases have not been confirmed by laboratory tests as being due to this strain, although some other strains may have been ruled out. |
The Influenza A (H1N1), also known as the swine flu, was detected in Venezuela on 28 May. The first infected person was a 22-year-old man in San Antonio de Los Altos, Miranda State. He was participating on a meeting in Panamá, and returned to Venezuela carrying the virus [2]