LANSING (WWJ) The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) and the Ingham County Health Department identified a human case of swine flu, or Influenza A H3N2 variant.
In the press release; the MDHHS said the person, a resident of Ingham County, was diagnosed in late July. While H3N2v is often associated with pigs and swine, health officials are still investigating the source of exposure.
Both the MDHHS Bureau of Laboratories and the Centers of Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) tested the specimen for enhanced influenza virus sequence monitoring. From the MDHHS, it came back as presumptive positive. The CDC confirmed the diagnosis.
H3N2v is different than the “highly pathogenic” avian influenza A, MDHHS said.
“While we believe this is an isolated case, Michigan residents should monitor for flu-like symptoms: fever, respiratory symptoms like cough and runny nose and body aches,” Chief Medical Executive Dr. Natasha Bagdasarian said in the press release. “If …