Influenza Cases Being Reported In Knox- Which May causes Bronchitis and Pneumonia

Knox County, Missouri – Local health authority is reporting confirmed cases of Influenza A and B the week of April 23rd 2014.  Lori Moots-Clair, Administrator with the health department reports ” one confirmed influenza A, one confirmed influenza B and three non-typed influenzas.”  Moots-Clair feels confident that the B strain is moving rapidly through familial contacts of the influenza B case, and will be seen in close contacts in the future days.  She also reports that “although health department officials expect to see the highest levels of influenza in February and March, it is not impossible to see these late season outbreaks”.    She also cautions that “with the late season comes more strain drift, and with that we will see even immunized individuals ill, particularly those that are immuno compromised”. Read More..