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As Flu Cases Mount, U.S. Students Abroad Stay Put

College officials in the United States have not yet moved to pull students and faculty members out of Mexico, but they say they are closely monitoring the deadly outbreak of swine flu in that country.

“We’re on very high alert,” said Susan B. Sutton, associate vice chancellor for international affairs at Indiana University-Purdue University at Indianapolis, just hours before the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced on Monday afternoon that it would recommend forgoing unnecessary travel to Mexico.