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Device detects H5N1 bird flu virus
Scientists in Singapore say they have built a handheld device that can detect the H5N1 bird flu virus within half an hour.
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Breeding environment is full of H5N1 virus
Recent tests of the National Center for Veterinary Diagnosis in Ha Tay show that nearly 100% of the swarms of geese carry the H5N1 strain. In some localities, typically…
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One more patient suspected of being infected with influenza A / H5N1
At the meeting of the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza Prevention and Control on the afternoon of August 1, Dr. Nguyen Hai Yen - Department of Epidemiolog…
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The H5N1 vaccine 'made in Vietnam' is about to be tested on humans
The state-level science and technology council agreed to test on the H5N1 vaccine produced by Vietnam. Currently, research is still in the laboratory scale but successes…
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Indonesia: 2 more suspected deaths from bird flu
Indonesian Ministry of Health officials today said a teenager and a 22-year-old woman in the country were both suspected of being infected with bird flu. Preliminary tes…
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Asian rehearsal against bird flu
From 2 April to 3 April, the World Health Organization (WHO) and its partners in Asia will conduct an anti-bird exercise to test Asia's ability to cope with the evolutio…
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Kuwait: 4 people infected with bird flu
According to a Kuwaiti health official, initial tests on four Bangladeshi employees who participated in killing and destroying chickens in Kuwait gave positive results t…
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Detection of avian influenza virus in Turkey
A newly discovered outbreak of bird flu at a farm in Batman village, southeastern Turkey, confirmed the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture on February 8.
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Vaccine is resistant to bird flu
Scientists at GlaxoSmithKline in Hong Kong say they have successfully tested a vaccine against bird flu with a very small dose. The second test of this vaccine showed th…
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The first person in Nigeria died of bird flu
A female victim, died after suffering from flu symptoms. Tests showed she was infected with the deadly H5N1 virus. This is the first case of bird flu death in sub-Sahara…
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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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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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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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New prospects against avian influenza pandemic
A live but weakened H5N1 avian influenza vaccine, which opens up the prospect of a new generation of vaccines that can fight off strains of viruses that have changed fro…
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Passive medicine for prevention of H5N1
Wait for a suspected case of hospitalization, taking a test sample, treatment and reporting as a process that the health sector is taking. This process is too passive, D…