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Detection of H1N1 flu virus in animals
Scientific experts at the University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA and its colleagues discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa.
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5 mutations make bird flu a pandemic
The H5N1 bird flu epidemic can be deadly, but so far it has not yet become a pandemic because it cannot be transmitted from human to human.
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My mother has H1N1 flu, my baby is dead easily
Babies born to mothers infected with the H1N1 flu virus during pregnancy face the risk of dying shortly after birth or premature birth, according to the latest study by…
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H5N1 avian influenza virus
H5N1 avian influenza virus is reappearing in poultry markets in China, especially in the southern region, causing great difficulties for the country to prevent a new pan…
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Red alert bird flu in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is screening 17,000 chickens after two wild birds and 1 chicken died of H5N1 virus infection last week.
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IAEA uses nuclear technology against H5N1 virus
Experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have deployed nuclear technology to determine the spread of highly virulent H5N1 virus and the risk of rapid inf…
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Super avian influenza virus becomes a biological bomb?
The type of bird flu virus that can infect and kill millions of people at the same time will not be disclosed by microbiologists. However, scientists warn, these figures…
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Japan alarmed for H3N2 flu
Just last week the number of reported cases of H3N2 in Japan skyrocketed by 620,000 patients, to 1.73 million. Most of them are students and the elderly.
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Pandemic H5N1 has returned
After nearly 2 years, Vietnam has so far recorded only 2 cases of H5N1 and 100% mortality. Therefore, at the meeting of the Steering Committee for Disease Prevention and…
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WHO announces the study of variant H5N1 avian influenza virus
After months of controversy because of concerns about biosecurity, the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to allow the publication of a controversial study on t…
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China warned bird flu
China on January 7 issued a warning of bird flu, after a woman died of infection with the H5N1 virus.
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Preparing H5N1 vaccine for poultry from ... yeast bread
The research team is led by MSc. Tran Thi Hong Kim chaired the first step in creating an antigen-containing yeast strain of the H5N1 virus on the cell surface.
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Bird flu re-outbreaks, increasing the burden of disease
On the morning of November 2, Mr. Hoang Van Nam, Deputy Director of the Animal Health Department confirmed that the H5N1 avian influenza epidemic has re-emerged after a…
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Vietnam has the first two cases of dengue fever with H1N1
Last week, there were 2 cases of hospitalization of national infectious and tropical diseases, tests that were positive for H1N1 flu, and had dengue fever.
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The Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City successfully produced the H1N1 vaccine
After more than 5 months of work, the research team of Ho Chi Minh City Pasteur Institute has just released the first batch of A / H1N1 flu vaccine.