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The most severe flu epidemic in 10 years, the US
The flu epidemic this year in the US can be very serious since the pandemic of swine flu - influenza A (H1N1) in 2009, according to US health officials.
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How dangerous is swine flu?
According to the Department of Preventive Medicine, influenza A / H1N1 is one of the current seasonal flu.
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In the near future there will be bird flu and it is even more dangerous than bird flu and swine flu
Until now, pigs and chickens are hosts that contain two types of flu that are the biggest threat to humans. Influenza strains can spread to humans, causing serious conse…
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Why is H1N1 the seasonal flu still causing many deaths?
According to the Department of Preventive Medicine, the Ministry of Health, seasonal flu usually attacks only cells in the upper part of the respiratory system, Influenz…
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Vietnam produces vaccines to prevent new strains of influenza A / H5N1
Vaccine helps poultry to prevent diseases covering virus strains circulating in Vietnam, researched and produced domestically.
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China confirmed two more cases of H7N9 flu
Chinese health authorities on March 18 confirmed two more cases of H7N9 avian influenza virus infection in Hunan and Guangdong provinces.
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South Korea has more cases of bird flu in dogs
On March 24, South Korea announced it had discovered a number of cases of bird flu infection in dogs, thereby providing further evidence that the virus has spread to oth…
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Hong Kong prepares breakthrough vaccines against influenza H7N9
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have successfully developed a vaccine that could be the first in the world to create a shield against many types of infl…
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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…