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The WHO suspects that H5N1 has spread from person to person
On May 24, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the H5N1 virus could have spread from person-to-person to an Indonesian family and killed six people. But so far, exp…
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WHO: H5N1 infection may be due to close contact and for too long
According to Maria Cheng, a spokesman for the World Health Organization (WHO) in Indonesia, seven members of a family in northern Sumatra island died in May because bird…
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H5N1 virus increases toxicity
The H5N1 avian influenza virus may have changed and easily spread in warm weather no less than winter, according to Hong Kong York Chow health chief.
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Spain detected bird flu
Spain has just confirmed the first case of H5N1 infection was found in a diving bird in the northern Alava province. The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture says there is no…
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Glaxo has a vaccine against H5N1
GlaxoSmithKline, a British pharmaceutical firm, has announced that it has successfully created an avian flu vaccine caused by the H5N1 virus and can produce it.
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Southeast Asia: Bird flu comes back
After a period of lull, H5N1 bird flu has reappeared in Southeast Asia with complicated developments. Continued outbreaks of new outbreaks in Thailand and Laos.
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There is a risk of pandemic influenza with the changing H5N1 strain
If two strains of influenza A and B virus are joined together, it will create a dangerous virus with high virulence and easily spread from person to person.
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Detection of positive blood samples for H5N1
Test results of the HCM City Department of Animal Health recently showed that there are 2 serum samples of the flock of Suoi Tien tourist site positive for avian influen…
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Thailand: Another case of death from bird flu
The Thai Ministry of Health has officially confirmed a 27-year-old man in Ban Tung Pattana, Sawang Arom district, Uthai Thani province, died on Thursday, August 3 due to…
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The number of deaths from bird flu in Indonesia increased
Two teenagers died of H5N1, confirmed by WHO, which turned Indonesia into the world's largest bird flu death site. Indonesian Ministry of Health officials for bi & ecir
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Has the H5N1 virus changed?
The Thai Ministry of Public Health has just announced a shocking information: the use of illegal bird flu vaccine in animals may have helped the H5N1 virus to change and…
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Ministry of Health warns: There is a risk of H5N1 mutation
Deputy Minister of Health Trinh Quan Huan has just quoted the World Health Organization (WHO) warning, the risk of strain of influenza A / H5N1 virus can spread from per…
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Cats infected with H5N1 virus?
A dead cat in Germany has just tested positive for H5N1 virus. The German Federal Animal Health Research Institute will conduct further tests to see if the H5N1 virus st…
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The localities organized environmental sanitation for influenza A / H5N1
On the morning of March 7, the People's Committee of Ha Tay province coordinated with the Ministry of Health to organize an environmental sanitation campaign to prevent…
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New method of early identification of H5N1 variant
Japanese researchers have found a new way to identify early variant variants of avian influenza viruses that can be transmitted from human to human. The new method gives…