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Swine Flu Hits US Troops in Kuwait

First cases reported in the Gulf region

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(Newser) – In the first appearance of swine flu in the Gulf region, 18 American soldiers have tested positive for the disease, reports the BBC. All affected troops have left Kuwait and received medical attention. The soldiers at the military base—a logistics outpost for troops serving in Iraq—did not come into contact with the local Kuwaiti population, according to officials.

This image taken through a microscope shows the H1N1 strain of the swine flu virus.
This image taken through a microscope shows the H1N1 strain of the swine flu virus.   (AP Photo/Center for Disease Control and Prevention, C. S. Goldsmith and A. Balish)
A US-made Apache helicopter with Kuwait's Air Force participates in military exercises last month north of Kuwait City.
A US-made Apache helicopter with Kuwait's Air Force participates in military exercises last month north of Kuwait City.   (AP Photo/Gustavo Ferrari)
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TerrifiedCitizen
May 24, 09 10:26 AM CDT
Interesting... you receive every shot ever invented before shipping out. Reply
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Shannonals
May 24, 09 4:43 PM CDT
Not for the H1N1 virus. Yellow Fever, Smallpox and a few other viruses have priority
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SPH
May 24, 09 1:41 PM CDT
I thought the best option was to quarantine infected people where they are rather than ship them elsewhere....I could be wrong.... Reply
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Shannonals
May 24, 09 4:45 PM CDT
The H1N1 virus started in Mexico, at least that is what they say according to reports, but you can't quarantine an entire country, so any tourist from other countries would have spread it by now
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