2009 swine flu pandemic in Croatia explained

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2009 flu pandemic in Croatia
Disease:Swine Flu
Virus Strain:H1N1
Location:Croatia
First Case:Zagreb
Arrival Date:3 July 2009
Deaths:22
Confirmed Cases:526

The 2009 flu pandemic in Croatia or 2009 swine flu in Croatia (Croatian: Pandemija gripe u Hrvatskoj 2009. ; Pandemija svinjske gripe u Hrvatskoj 2009.) was a pandemic event in Croatia during the 2009 swine flu pandemic.

The trail of the 2009 flu pandemic had left 526 people infected and 22 died from the disease.__TOC__

Background

On 29 April it was announced that a 22-year-old traveler from Florida had been held in quarantine in Osijek, Croatia under suspicion of swine flu.[1] Later that day, however, the Director of Infectious Disease Epidemiology Agency, Dr. Ira Gjenero Margan, stated results of the testing for swine flu were negative "with 99% certainty".[2] On 30 April, a child was held in quarantine in Zagreb but the results were negative.[3] On 15 June, health minister Darko Milinovic confirmed the first case of swine flu in Croatia; however a few hours later he said that a laboratory in London, United Kingdom, had cross-contaminated the samples and thus created a false positive result, meaning that there were no infections in Croatia.[4]

History

The first case was Laboratory confirmed on 3 July. The patient was a 60-year-old woman, who came from Australia.[5] On 31 October, a 61-year-old man from Split became the first patient in Croatia to die because of swine flu.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Svinjska gripa i u Hrvatskoj? . Index.hr . 2 May 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090502101042/http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/svinjska-gripa-i-u-hrvatskoj/431720.aspx. 2 May 2009. live.
  2. Web site: Net.hr . https://archive.today/20120703024732/http://www.net.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/page/2009/04/29/0641006.html . dead . 3 July 2012 . Net.hr . 30 April 2009 .
  3. Web site: Potvrđeno: Kod djeteta nije utvrđen virus svinjske gripe . Index.hr . 2 May 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090503034235/http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/potvrdjeno-kod-djeteta-nije-utvrdjen-virus-svinjske-gripe/431788.aspx. 3 May 2009. live.
  4. Web site: Nalaz iz Londona je bio lažan: u Hrvatskoj nema svinjske gripe . 15 June 2009 . . Croatian . 15 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090617065501/http://jutarnji.hr/vijesti/clanak/art-2009%2C6%2C15%2C%2C166728.jl . 17 June 2009 . live .
  5. Web site: Ovaj put nije lažna uzbuna: Svinjska gripa stigla u Hrvatsku! . https://archive.today/20110721154827/http://dnevnik.hr/vijesti/hrvatska/ovaj-put-nije-lazna-uzbuna-svinjska-gripa-stigla-u-hrvatsku.html/431720.aspx . dead . 21 July 2011 . dnevnik.hr . 3 July 2009.
  6. Web site: Prva smrt od svinjske gripe u Hrvatskoj: "Epidemija će trajati duže od godinu dana!" . index.hr . 31 October 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091103015145/http://www.index.hr/vijesti/clanak/prva-smrt-od-svinjske-gripe-u-hrvatskoj-epidemija-ce-trajati-duze-od-godinu-dana/457750.aspx. 3 November 2009. live.

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