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An Indonesian teenager infected with bird flu
Yesterday, the Indonesian Ministry of Health said a 14-year-old teenager was tested positive for bird flu and the country's first human case in the past two months.
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China detected new cases of bird flu
China's Ministry of Health yesterday (10-1) announced a 37-year-old farmer in Anhui province was confirmed to be infected with the H5N1 bird flu virus. This is the first…
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Bird flu is complicated in Asia
Avian influenza is continuing to cause concern in Asia after Indonesia has more people died of bird flu and many are hospitalized for suspected infection. Meanwhile, Jap…
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H5N1 virus has a genetic variation
The public is worried about a global pandemic, as the World Health Organization's previous warning. But does this happen?
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Avian influenza outbreak in Japan after 2 years
Japan has just confirmed an outbreak of bird flu in Miyazaki Prefecture, 900 km southwest of Tokyo. This is the first outbreak in Japan since 2005.
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The bird flu has spread to 7 provinces
The Animal Health Department's report said on January 14 there were positive results of H5N1 influenza virus infection on ducks in Tra Con B village, My Huong commune, M…
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Bird flu comes to Thailand
For the first time in 6 months, an outbreak of H5N1 bird flu has occurred in Thailand. The Thai government has confirmed the outbreak of the disease after 100 ducks in P…
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Please check that the bird died despite vaccination
Yesterday afternoon 17-1, Department of Animal Health issued a letter to the Regional Animal Health Center of Ho Chi Minh City, Binh Duong Veterinary Department and Long…
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Indonesia banned poultry farming in the capital
Mayor of Jakarta announced a ban on all types of poultry in the city. In the immediate future, the city urges people to voluntarily execute this order but the regulation…
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H5N1 deformed in Egypt
The World Health Organization, WHO, said that in the last two cases of H5N1 human avian influenza in Egypt last month there was a deformed virus that reduced the effecti…
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4 more communes have avian influenza
* Department of Animal Health said on January 18 in Bac Lieu, bird flu spreads more in two livestock households in Phong Thanh Dong communes (Gia Rai district), Chau Tho…
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Detection of genetically modified H5N1 virus
Scientists have found genetically modified strains of bird flu in two patients in Egypt. They are resistant to drugs commonly used to treat bird flu, World Health Organi…
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The strain of avian influenza in Korea differs in Southeast Asia
Last month's outbreak of avian influenza in Iksan, North Jeolla Province, South Korea, was caused by a strain of H5N1 virus different from the H5N1 strain in Southeast A…
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France tests bird flu
French officials say it is not possible to rule out the possibility of bird flu on a farm, where four thousand chickens died on Saturday. Officials are testing samples t…
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Avian influenza re-emerges in Vietnam
The first outbreak appeared on December 6 in Khanh Hung commune, Tran Van Thoi district, Ca Mau province, killing more than 2,500 poultry. One day later, Bac Lieu provin…