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100 suspected cases at Georgia Tech

Some Georgia colleges are seeing a spike in swine flu cases as students return to campus for the fall semester.

Georgia Tech spokesman Matt Nagel says there have been about 100 suspected cases in just one week on the Atlanta campus, with 12 of them confirmed as the highly contagious H1N1 virus. He said the 18,000-student university is asking those who have flulike symptoms to isolate themselves for a few days.

University of Georgia health center spokeswoman Liz Rachun said the Athens campus has seen about 60 suspected cases, with 20 confirmed. She said she expects that number to rise in the next few days as the virus runs through 35,000-student campus.