Flu Strain Identified in 2 Calvert County Deaths

A health worker leaves the Lusby home of an 81-year-old woman who died from respiratory illness on March 1.

by Tim Persinko - nbcwashington.com - March 7, 2012

Lab testing identified the same strain of influenza in two of the three victims who died with respiratory sickness last week in Calvert County.

The county's health department has been investigating a cluster of illnesses that led to three deaths in Lusby, MD, near the Calvert Cliffs nuclear facility.

The Maryland Department of Health and Mental Health said on Wednesday afternoon that Influenza H3, a strain of Influenza A that has been circulating this season, was found in two of the cases.

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