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Employers warned as three new flu strains head to UK
21 August 2008
The UK is at risk of three new strains of the flu virus this winter, referred to by the World Health Organisation as A/Brisbane/59/2007 (H1N1)-like virus; A/Brisbane/10/2007 (H3N2)-like virus; B/Florida/4/2006-like virus.
Companies looking to avoid large-scale sickness absence and major disruptions in the workplace, are being advised by Bupa, the leading health and care company, to vaccinate staff against the three new forms of flu ahead of an outbreak.
Dr Peter Mace, assistant medical director at Bupa Wellness, says: "People often downplay flu but it can be a very nasty illness and cause significant debility.
Flu is one of the major reasons for short-term sickness among UK workers, and we recommend that even individuals who have received flu vaccinations previously should still be given the new vaccine to ensure they are protected from the 3 new strains. Any previous vaccines will not be effective in protecting against the new strains."
Dr Mace continues: "Most people suffer from the flu symptoms for around a week, but it often leaves the body very weak, affecting energy levels. This in turn affects productivity at work. We are advising employers to protect their staff from these new strains of the flu virus, to avoid their staff being ill and away from work."
Clients on Bupa's flu vaccine programme, such as Barclays, are already taking steps to protect their staff. Indeed, Barclays has been giving its 50,000 employees the chance to get immunised for two years. Barclays Reward Manager Claire Walker said: "The initiative is a great way for us to help look after the health of all of our colleagues and Bupa understands our needs. They are very flexible in their operation, working around our various requirements. We continue to be impressed with the high standard of service we receive."
Each flu vaccination programme from Bupa can be individually tailored to suit the client and cause minimum disruption to the business and its staff, for instance the vaccine can be distributed either in the client's offices or in a Bupa health centre. Bupa also provides an online vaccination booking system, a telephone helpline and expert advice and literature on flu prevention.
A new feature for the programme this year will be immunisation vouchers, which Bupa is providing in conjunction with Boots. The new service, which was previously used in Barclays' 2007 programme, will mean that employees can redeem their free flu vaccine from participating Boots stores throughout October and November. This assures companies that all their staff can be immunised, even those who work in an office which might not otherwise have access to the jab.
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Bupa will be offering the vaccine, effective in preventing 70% - 90% cases of adult flu, to all its members.
A survey showed that 97.7 percent of Bupa's clients would consider repeating the vaccination programme as a direct result of its 2007 success.
however flu usually doesn't travel from South Africa
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to Europe or North-America.
So, it would be interesting to know how many of the latest Hong Kong,
Taiwan,Thailand,... H1N1 sequences are resistant.
H274Y does not seem to have had a lot of trouble traveling North, South, East or West.
P.S. That is a very strange article to British eyes as health policy is set by the NHS and advertising of drugs is very closely regulated. I think it is what is known as an informertial for BUPA, a private health company. I looked at the easier.com site and it is basically all adverts with some 'news' to help. Not that I am unconcerned by the current batch of flu strains which seem nastier than average.
however flu usually doesn't travel from South Africa
to Europe or North-America.
So, it would be interesting to know how many of the latest Hong Kong,
Taiwan,Thailand,... H1N1 sequences are resistant.
Hong Kong (97 / 583)
Norway (6 / 7)
Russia (4 / 7)
France (1 / 1)
Jordan (1 / 2)
As August 20, 2008, 2nd quarter WHO Update (http://www.who.int/csr/disease/influenza/oseltamivir_summary/en/index.html), also on FT.
> The UK is at risk of three new strains of the flu virus this winter,
> referred to by the World Health Organisation as A/Brisbane/59/2007 (H1N1)-like virus;
> A/Brisbane/10/2007 (H3N2)-like virus; B/Florida/4/2006-like virus.
just as every other (normal) season
> Bupa will be offering the vaccine, effective in preventing 70% - 90% cases of adult flu,
> to all its members.
referrence ? The studies from other countries don't seem to show this 70%-90%.
There is a strange unexplained decline in influenza-illness
in Britain since about the year 2000, not seen elsewhere (AFAIK)
I think, Australia usually gets it with some months delay
from China, Africa, South America usually have larger delay.
Now, Hongkong has 97/583=17% resistance, Australia 10/10 -
these could have been from just one or two introductions.
South Africa could have got it from Europe or Australia, but
presumably not many independant introductions, else we
wouldn't expect 107/107 = 100%
I'm thinking at the recent study which used thousands of H3N2-HA1s
from all continents and concluded that new flu-strains are usually
introduced from SE-Asia, then travel the globe and slowly die without
re-introducing their acquired mutations into SE-Asia.
ahh, yes, the vaccines are new.
But the prevalent strains are not expected to be much newer
than usual ?!
Based on South Africa results, the H1N1 should be considerably "newer" than the Brisbane/59 vaccine (and may be 100% Tamiflu resistant).
however flu usually doesn't travel from South Africa
to Europe or North-America.
So, it would be interesting to know how many of the latest Hong Kong,
Taiwan,Thailand,... H1N1 sequences are resistant.
I think, Australia usually gets it with some months delay
from China, Africa, South America usually have larger delay.
Now, Hongkong has 97/583=17% resistance, Australia 10/10 -
these could have been from just one or two introductions.
South Africa could have got it from Europe or Australia, but
presumably not many independant introductions, else we
wouldn't expect 107/107 = 100%
I'm thinking at the recent study which used thousands of H3N2-HA1s
from all continents and concluded that new flu-strains are usually
introduced from SE-Asia, then travel the globe and slowly die without
re-introducing their acquired mutations into SE-Asia.
Please. These numbers represent a VERY small subset of cases. H274Y is also at 100% in recent H1N1 isolates from Cameroon (west Africa) and Montserrat (Carribean). It is also 5 of 8 isolates in Seychelles. In South Africa, the initial sequences fell into two seperate Brisbane/59 sub-clades.
The seasonal flu vaccine has never had three new targets introduced simultaneously.
ahh, yes, the vaccines are new.
But the prevalent strains are not expected to be much newer
than usual ?!
Based on South Africa results, the H1N1 should be considerably "newer" than the Brisbane/59 vaccine (and may be 100% Tamiflu resistant).
More than 100 recently isolated H1N1 South African strains were tested for H274Y and all were resistant as WHO stated in today update. Other countries with H1N1-H274Y are: Ghana (10 tested / 2 resistant), Seychelles (8 tested / 5 resistant), Cameroon (2 tested and resistant); in the Middle East, Jordan has 2 tested and one resistant.
Data is updated at 20 august 2008.
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10 of 10 from Australia had H274Y.
I think, Australia usually gets it with some months delay
from China, Africa, South America usually have larger delay.
Now, Hongkong has 97/583=17% resistance, Australia 10/10 -
these could have been from just one or two introductions.
South Africa could have got it from Europe or Australia, but
presumably not many independant introductions, else we
wouldn't expect 107/107 = 100%
I'm thinking at the recent study which used thousands of H3N2-HA1s
from all continents and concluded that new flu-strains are usually
introduced from SE-Asia, then travel the globe and slowly die without
re-introducing their acquired mutations into SE-Asia.
That study was done by the same "experts" who were baffled and startled by the H274Y emergence.
H274Y has become fixed and the cluster of changes in one of the Brusbane/59 sub-clades (5 of 8 isolates) indicates that clade is not dying out.
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