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Scientists propose creating deadly flu strains
Despite worries, on August 7, 22 international scientists from 15 organizations said they wanted to create a strain of influenza and the strain of bird flu to study thei…
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H7N9 virus can be transmitted through human excretion
A reporter in Hong Kong (China) on August 15 reported the results of a joint study recently released by mainland Chinese and Chinese medical experts, saying that the H7N…
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China discovered a new strain of bird flu called H7N7
Scientists tracking the H7N9 bird flu virus, which has killed more than 40 people since March, said they had discovered a new virus in chickens in China.
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Situation solution for people infected with MERS-CoV virus
US scientists have reported that it is possible to combine two antiviral drugs to treat people with MERS-CoV infection as an initial containment solution.
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China discovered new H7N9 virus
Chinese scientists have published a new discovery that a variant of the H7N9 avian influenza virus can bind to receptors - the receptor from the external environment - o…
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The United States prepares to prepare a vaccine against H7N9 influenza virus
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said it is gathering more information and is beginning to prepare to develop a vaccine against H7N9.
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Control of H7N9 flu at Tan Son Nhat airport
From April 6, visitors entering via Tan Son Nhat airport must go through a body temperature meter. Persons with a body temperature above 37 degrees C must report their h…
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There are drugs that can treat bird flu H7N9
According to Xinhua on April 6, China approved Peramivir, a new anti-flu drug that is believed to effectively treat the H7N9 bird flu virus.
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The new flu pandemic proves a controversial study
Scientists in the city of Rotterdam, the Netherlands know exactly the conditions for an avian influenza virus to become a pandemic strain in humans because they have cre…
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The only case from H7N9 flu is by taking Tamiflu
A 4-year-old patient in Shanghai, the only case of health recovery after determining infection with influenza virus H7N9 treated with Tamiflu, a drug to prevent influenz…
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Thousands of bird nest died positively to H5N1
Mr. Nguyen Duc Thu, Director of Ninh Thuan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development said: Over the past 1 week, the oats raised in Thanh Binh Cinema (Thong Nhat S…
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Risk of infection with H5N1 bird flu from bird nest
Ninh Thuan took samples of bird's nest, feces and bird's nest for testing, the results were 3 times positive for H5N1 virus. According to Professor Trinh Quan Huan, a se…
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Find out the origin of the deadly strain of H7N9
The H7N9 influenza virus strain has a combination of genes between East Asian wild birds and farmed chickens in Shanghai city, Zhejiang province and China's Jiangsu prov…
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The H7N9 flu attacks many Chinese provinces
On April 13, the Beijing city government announced the first case here to be infected with H7N9, a 7-year-old girl. Subsequently, Ha Nam province in turn confirmed the p…
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Things to know to avoid influenza A / H7N9
Wash your hands thoroughly, avoid contact with dead poultry, thoroughly cook poultry meat when preparing food, which are the top principles to help people prevent influe…