Pandemic H1N1 Flu Killed Far More Than Reported: Study

<p>MONDAY, Jun 25 (HealthDay News) The pandemic H1N1 influenza in
2009 might have killed some-more than 500,000 people around a world, 15 times
more than reported, a new investigate suggests.
During a pandemic, 18,500 laboratory-confirmed deaths were reported
to a World Health Organization from Apr 2009 by Aug 2010, but
as many as 575,400 might have indeed died, an general organisation of
scientists now says.
This is a improved estimation of a series of deaths that occurred,
said researcher Dr. Marc-Alain Widdowson from a influenza multiplication at
the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
This investigate also confirms that a infancy of deaths were in the
under-65s, that is really opposite than anniversary influenza, where a vast
majority of deaths are in a over 65s, he added.
In addition, a researchers guess that regions in southeast Asia
and Africa were some-more influenced than a central numbers reflect, Widdowson
said.
In these poorer areas, there is reduction ...