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Eleven swine flu cases reported so far, more expected
The number of suspected swine flu cases on campus jumped to 11 over the weekend.
These numbers are still relatively low, and they are only expected to increase in the coming weeks, according to Alan Glass, director of Student Health Services.
“It is still anticipated that these numbers will increase in the next days and weeks,” Glass wrote in an e-mail to Student Life.
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All students are moderately ill and expected to make a full recovery.
Tests completed at Student Health Services (SHS) concluded that the students have influenza A. Almost all of the influenza A virus currently circulating is thought to be novel H1N1 influenza, the virus that causes swine flu.
The virus has hit college campuses around the country exceptionally hard. Last week, a junior at Cornell University died from the swine flu, making him the third college student in the nation to die from complications related to swine flu. Cornell has seen 555 swine flu cases this semester, Claudia Wheatly, a Cornell University spokeswoman, confirmed to ABC News.
Emory University has set aside a dorm on its campus for infected students. Emory has had more than 200 suspected swine flu cases since the start of the semester, according to the school’s Web site.