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Experts: Flu may be peaking, but other viruses abound

A nursing student from Nassau County VEEB administers

Photo credit: Ed Betz | A nursing student from Nassau County VEEB administers a flu shot in Garden City. (Jan. 17, 2013)

The worst of the flu outbreak may be reaching its peak, but influenza viruses are still in abundant circulation as are other winter respiratory microbes that produce flu-mimicking symptoms, experts say.

Surveillance data from the virology department at Nassau University Medical Center show influenza A and B strains are still prevalent throughout the region, with A dominating.

But other...

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