H1N1 VIRUS
First Case of Swine Flu Confirmed in Bosnia
The first swine flu infection case has been confirmed in Republika Srpska. A young woman who went to South America is infected. 
photo: Reuters
Researchers at the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service examine samples taken from pork imported from Mexico at the NVRQS centre in Anyang
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Hina
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Lajla Mlinarić Blake
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Published: July 01, 2009 15:44h
The first case of the H1N1 virus infection has been confirmed in Bosnia. The patient went to a hospital in the Bosnian Serb entity of Republika Srpska last week after spending time abroad.
- We have registered the first case of the swine flu in a 24-year-old woman who returned from a visit to South America – assistant health minister Amela Lolic said.
The tests done at the national laboratory Torlak in Belgrade detected the presence of the virus.
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