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The gene for swine flu virus is not mutant
The recent full study of the H1N1 flu virus has proven that the virus has been circulating for many years, mainly in pigs, but humans are unaware.
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Vietnam tested bird flu vaccine on humans
On April 19, at the Military Medical Academy, 30 volunteers were practitioners and cadres of the Military Medical Academy who injected the first H5N1 vaccine produced by…
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Bird flu can spread indirectly
H5N1 virus can cling to the ground, or mix in poultry manure, thereby spreading indirectly through humans. It is confirmed in the report published on 16-1 by the World H…
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One more Chinese person died of bird flu
According to China's Ministry of Health, the country has just had more deaths from bird flu. Initial information said the victim did not contact chickens, dead ducks and…
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Pakistan closes the zoo for bird flu
Authorities closed the zoo in Pakistan's capital Islamabad after discovering a number of jobs and the geese were infected with the H5N1 virus. Pakistan has also killed m…
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Do not ignore strains of less toxic bird flu viruses
Experts have called for a more thorough study of the less lethal strains of the H5N1 bird flu virus because they could be the triggers of a pandemic flu outbreak.
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Distinguish between bird flu and flu by weather
Cold weather, humid climate is an opportunity for influenza virus to develop. So how to timely diagnose bird flu (type A H5N1) and the flu caused by the weather?
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A vaccine against promising bird flu
The successful creation of an effective anti-H5N1 vaccine, along with the accumulation of antiviral drugs, is one of the priorities that all governments around the world…
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The whole country has no bird flu
According to the Department of Animal Health (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development), up to now, 21/21 provinces have passed 21 days without outbreaks. At presen…
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The whole world is worried about outbreaks of bird flu?
Although the influenza A virus in poultry is not usually infectious to humans, there have been many cases of human infection with bird flu since 1997; These cases are of…
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Hospitals will struggle if there is a bird flu pandemic
If a pandemic occurs with flu strains spread from person to person, Vietnam will have about 10% of the population infected, ie nearly 8.2 million people. Only 5% of thes…
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Korea: Drugs to treat bird flu from kimchi!
Korean scientists said they extracted their traditional kimchi with a compound that could be used to treat bird flu quite effectively.
Flu epidemic
87 Chinese people died of bird flu H7N9
China is strengthening measures to prevent the spread of H7N9 bird flu, which has killed dozens of people, including the ban on the sale of live poultry.
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Spain destroyed more than 17,000 H5N8 suspected ducks
Spanish authorities announced that they would destroy more than 17,000 ducks after discovering the strain on a duck farm in Catalonia.
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H7N9 influenza virus changes to high virulence
The results of gene sequencing of viruses isolated in patients showed that influenza A / H7N9 virus has changed from low virulence to high virulence in poultry.