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Receiving many samples of suspected H5N1 virus
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Receiving many samples of suspected H5N1 virus

On June 6, at the meeting of the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza Prevention and Control, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Duc Hien - Director of the National Inst…

December 14, 2018
Human antibodies protect mice from bird flu
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Human antibodies protect mice from bird flu

A group of international scientists, including researchers from the Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) of the National Institutes of Health, said: They…

December 14, 2018
Add a patient with influenza A / H5N1
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Add a patient with influenza A / H5N1

Just one more patient in the North infected with influenza A / H5N1. This is also the second patient with the disease after 17 months of H5N1 virus in humans is controll…

December 14, 2018
Indonesia: Avian flu is a national disaster
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Indonesia: Avian flu is a national disaster

Indonesian Planning Minister Paskah Suzetta said on Monday that the country will declare a bird flu as a national disaster to help the government access special funds to…

December 14, 2018
Bird flu comes to Thailand
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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…

December 14, 2018
Avian influenza detection chip
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Avian influenza detection chip

Experts at the University of Colorado and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have successfully tried one

December 14, 2018
Prevention of bird flu spreads to humans
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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…

December 14, 2018
Bird flu can cause intestinal illness
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Bird flu can cause intestinal illness

H5N1 virus can cause disease in humans through the intestines, not just through the respiratory tract, and sometimes diarrhea is a symptom of bird flu. It is a warning o…

December 14, 2018
The bird flu spreads strongly in China
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The bird flu spreads strongly in China

There are two new outbreaks in China despite hundreds of millions of children being vaccinated. Reports of bird flu take place almost daily, showing great challenges in…

December 14, 2018
Japan announced plans to combat bird flu in humans
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Japan announced plans to combat bird flu in humans

Japan has just announced a plan to deal with bird flu in the event of an outbreak. Under this plan, a pandemic could do 170,000 to 640,000 Japanese deaths, and between 5…

December 14, 2018