47 Purdue students likely have H1N1 virus

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University is reporting that 47 students who have sought treatment at a campus clinic likely have cases of H1N1.

Purdue Student Health Center director James Westman said Wednesday that all of the students appear to have relatively mild cases, much like the seasonal flu.

The patients have been advised to take the same steps they would for any type of flu.

Westman says he’s been advised to consider all cases of flu to be likely H1N1 cases because the fall flu season has not yet begun.

Purdue officials have also heard from a local urgent care center reporting that doctors there have seen students with flu-like symptoms. People younger than 25 years old are believed to have little or no immunity to the H1N1 virus.