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Korea destroyed poultry
Korean epidemiological sanitation officials will destroy 236,000 poultry, after an outbreak of influenza caused by the H5N1 virus was discovered in the country.
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Pandemic flu may rise from the glacier
Scientists are concerned that global warming may melt ice in lakes and rivers, freeing up the flu viruses that have been imprisoned for several decades. Once exited, the…
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FAO: H5N1 can cause domino effect
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is concerned about a chain collapse effect once it is available
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South Korea discovered the third bird flu drive
On December 11, South Korea's Ministry of Agriculture said it has found a third case of high-level bird flu in North Cholla province, south of Seoul.
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Many studies on avian influenza vaccines
Pasteur Institute in Ho Chi Minh City, Nha Trang Pasteur Institute, Regional Veterinary Center (Ho Chi Minh City) have different research projects on influenza A / H5N1…
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Vietnam: Avian influenza threatens to reappear?
In early August last year, two more suspected cases of H5N1 were found on people who died despite a negative test. While the weather in the last months of the year is su…
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Passive medicine for prevention of H5N1
Wait for a suspected case of hospitalization, taking a test sample, treatment and reporting as a process that the health sector is taking. This process is too passive, D…
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From August 20, vaccination for bird flu across the country
Yesterday afternoon (August 17), Mr. Hoang Van Nam - Deputy Director of Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) said that the central…
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Tamiflu makes H5N1 virus change?
The Thai Ministry of Health has just said that the bird flu virus has changed more complicated than before, making it harder for people to detect. Initial tests of two r…
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Not to re-start bird flu
On August 22, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung sent an urgent request to the Chairman of the People's Committee of provinces and cities to ask for the highest effort to ca…
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Thailand propagates bird flu at home
Thai Ministry of Health is conducting a campaign to propagate avian influenza prevention and control to every household across the country, from Vietnam to Vietnam.
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Vietnam - Laos cooperates to prevent bird flu
On August 24, in Hanoi, the Ministry of Health of Vietnam signed a memorandum of understanding with the Lao Ministry of Health on cooperation in preventing bird flu and…
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China successfully tested human bird flu vaccine
Chinese researchers reported on August 28 that initial tests of the country's human-made bird flu vaccine have been quite safe and effective. This is considered a happy…
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Prevention of bird flu spreads to humans
Avian influenza (influenza A / H5N1) caused by influenza A / H5N1 virus, is a highly contagious disease, easy to recur, no specific treatment drugs can cause death and d…
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Injection of 3.3 million doses of bird flu vaccine in the second round of 2006
According to the Department of Animal Health, currently provinces of Hau Giang, Dong Thap and An Giang have deployed bird flu vaccination for the second time in 2006 wit…