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Mekong River Delta: Urgently vaccinate new birds to re-herd
In early 2007, the fight against Avian Influenza (CGC) was in hot weather. Many of the words
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Monitoring and preventing bird flu in Vietnam
Next week, the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Food and Agriculture Org…
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New prospects against avian influenza pandemic
A live but weakened H5N1 avian influenza vaccine, which opens up the prospect of a new generation of vaccines that can fight off strains of viruses that have changed fro…
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Detecting how the bird flu virus kills
The group of international scientists in Ho Chi Minh City has discovered how the H5N1 virus kills people and opens up the prospect of more effective prevention of epidem…
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Reproducing the H1N1 virus to find out H5N1
Scientists at the University of Washington (USA) have recreated the strain of H1N1 influenza virus (also called Spanish flu) to study the mechanism of infection of this…
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EU spent 28.3 million euros for bird flu research
The European Union (EU) yesterday announced it would spend 28.3 million euros (35.5 billion USD) on a new fund to study bird flu. Vietnam is one of the partners particip…
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Sparrow carrying H5N1
Chinese scientists at the Wuhan Institute of Virus Studies (Hubei) have reported the discovery of the H5N1 virus on finches two years ago. This is the first time scienti…
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No vaccine against H5N1 has been detected in Vietnam
A H5N1 strain of resistant to all vaccines was discovered in Chinese poultry, potentially causing a new pandemic. In Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quan Huan a…
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It is people who spread avian influenza
Migratory birds are not the main factor causing bird flu spread to the global scope. The statement has just been made by UN experts in stark contrast to previous stateme…
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Identify the gene that lethal in the H5N1 virus
Chinese scientists have identified a gene in the H5N1 virus that is thought to cause the virus's virulence to poultry, paving the way for the development of new, more ef…
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China confirmed that bird flu variants
According to the VNA, on November 10, the head of the laboratory consulted China National Avian Influenza, Ms. Chenhua Lan, confirmed for the first time the variant bird…
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Indonesia: Two more people infected with bird flu
Yesterday morning, a 2-year-old Indonesian boy became the latest victim of bird flu, bringing the total number of deaths from the H5N1 virus to the country to 56. Anothe…
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Avian influenza detection chip
Experts at the University of Colorado and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have successfully tried one
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Tamiflu can cause mental problems
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued another warning for Tamiflu bird flu medication after more than 100 Japanese patients had some mental problems due to th…
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South Korea detected suspected cases of bird flu
About 6,000 chickens died on a farm in Iksan City, southern Korea, raising concerns about the country's first bird flu outbreak in three years. Authorities said it would…