2009 pandemic flu death toll much higher than official worldwide estimates

(George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services) A research team consisting of more than 60 collaborators in 26 countries has estimated the global death toll from the 2009 outbreak of the H1N1 virus to be 10 times higher than the World Health Organization's count, which was based on laboratory-confirmed cases of this flu. The study, which appears online in PLOS Medicine, suggests that the pandemic virus caused up to 203,000 respiratory deaths around the world.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news