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WHO warns of an outbreak of bird flu
World Health Organization (WHO) on December 17 warned countries about avian influenza after a series of outbreaks in some countries last weekend.
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WHO confirmed cases of bird flu spread from person to person
A Declaration from WHO on December 27 said tests in special laboratories in Cairo and London confirmed bird flu infection from people to people in a family infected with…
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Bird flu spreads from person to person in China
The Chinese Ministry of Health recently said it is likely that the H5N1 avian influenza virus has spread from person to person in an infection in Jiangsu province.
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Bird flu is raging in India
India is facing a serious outbreak of bird flu while the local people still do not comply with poultry destruction. The paramilitary force had to be mobilized to control…
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Vietnam is still swinging with bird flu
Director of Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) Bui Quang Anh said that the bird flu epidemic still arises in Vietnam because the…
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Wild animals died of H5N1 in Cuc Phuong
Since the Mau Ty New Year to the beginning of March 2008, Cuc Phuong National Park has caused nearly 20 animal cases of dead animal disease. Most likely the H5N1 virus h…
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Pandemic flu broke out in Hong Kong
According to Van Hoi, schools across the Hong Kong Special Zone are in high alert, after appearing hundreds of cases of flu-like symptoms from the end of February to now.
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In 2009, there will be H5N1 vaccine
After more than four years of H5N1 vaccine research, scientists at the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) have announced: next April, human trials wil…
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STMicro launches bird flu detection chip
Europe's leading chip vendor, STMicroelectronics, has said it has successfully developed a mobile chip that can detect both types of influenza viruses, including human i…
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South Korea: Early bird flu, all poultry in Seoul were killed
South Korean officials said today that all poultry in Seoul Capital have been killed to prevent a new outbreak of bird flu in the city from spreading to other places.
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Visiting the 'headquarters' of H5N1 research
Located in Bethesda, Maryland, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is no different from a miniature city, with houses, supermarkets, clinics, parks ... It gathers cr…
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Injecting two trials of H5N1 vaccine made in Vietnam
On May 17, the Military Medical Academy conducted two injections of clinical trials of A / H5N1 vaccine against volunteers (stage one).
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New prospects for vaccines against bird flu
The search for vaccines against bird flu seems promising when researchers claim that the new vaccine from monkey kidney cells appears to be safe and effective against th…
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Announcing the genome of 150 types of avian influenza viruses
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) government and scientists, together with university and industry partners, have published the entire gene coding sequence of 150…