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The discovery of five mutations in H5N1 determines the spread
A team of researchers published the results of the study in the journal Cell (USA) found that, 5 important positions on the genome of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, if…
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The first patient in the world died of H5N6 flu
A 49-year-old man in Sichuan Province, southwestern China died of the H5N6 bird flu virus.
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Camels cause Middle East respiratory distress syndrome
MERS virus causing Middle East respiratory distress syndrome (similar to dangerous SARS virus) has just been found in camels, after a 44-year-old man from Saudi Arabia d…
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H7N9 virus can attack Vietnam and some Asian countries
H7N9 is an influenza A virus that has claimed the lives of about 100 people since it appeared in March 2013 in China.
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Detection of influenza A / H5N6 virus in animals in Lang Son and Ha Tinh
The Ministry of Health has just issued a written request to the provincial People's Committees to take measures to enhance surveillance and early detection of influenza…
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Prevention of toxic bird flu H5N6
Although there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission, the newly discovered A / H5N6 influenza virus strain in Vietnam is warned to have very high virulence.
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New bird flu detected in the Netherlands
Dutch health officials on November 16 banned the transport of poultry across the country after the discovery of a new strain of bird flu that is highly infectious to hum…
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Detection of the second bird flu outbreak in the Netherlands
The Netherlands Ministry of Health announced on November 20 that it found the second bird flu outbreak in the country.
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The H5N8 bird flu strain appears in chicken farms in Northern Italy
ANSA news agency of Italy on 17/12 said the strain of H5N8 high-risk bird flu has been confirmed to have appeared at a turkey farm in the North of this country.
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H7N9 influenza virus is more dangerous
The H7N9 strain of bird flu is becoming more dangerous because the virus currently contains many genetic variants, which are more likely to cause death than previous stu…
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H5N1 flu appears in poultry in Ninh Thuan
Nearly 100 birds of a family in Ninh Thuan were infected with the H5N1 influenza virus, a powerful virulent virus that can infect humans, high mortality rates.
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Swine flu causes 14 deaths in Costa Rica
At least 14 people in Costa Rica have been killed by the H1N1 swine flu virus since December.
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HCM City's first patient infected with H1N1 flu
Male 58-year-old patient was found positive for influenza A / H1N1, transferred from Thu Duc District Hospital to Tropical Diseases Hospital for treatment.
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Outbreak of H5N8 bird flu in some European countries
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said some European countries have reported outbreaks of bird flu.