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(詳細はoutbreak of a new strain of influenza commonly referred to as swine flu infected many people in Mexico and parts of the United States, causing severe illness in the former. The new strain was identified as a combination of several different strains of Influenzavirus A, subtype H1N1, including separate strains of this subtype circulating in humans (see Human influenza) and in pigs (see Swine influenza). Spain was the first country in continental Europe to report cases of swine flu, in late April 2009. ] == First cases in Europe == On 27 April, Spain confirmed the first case of Swine influenza in Europe. The patient was a 23-year-old man that had returned from Mexico on the 22nd and was in hospital with flu-like symptoms. The case was confirmed in Almansa, in the province of Albacete. On 28 April, a second case was confirmed in Valencia. The patient had traveled to Mexico with the first confirmed patient. Other cases in Valencia and the Basque Country were reported soon afterwards. By 30 April, there were 13 confirmed and 80 unconfirmed cases throughout Spain. By 5 May, there were 73 confirmed cases, of which only nine had not travelled to Mexico in the previous four months. By 29 April 2009, Spain had confirmed 1,536 cases and 300 deaths, as well as reporting 155,051 unconfirmed cases. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2009 flu pandemic in Spain」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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