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Flu epidemic of A / H1N1
The World Health Organization (WHO) said on August 28 that influenza A / H1N1 is declining in the southern hemisphere when the seasonal flu phase ends and returns to the…
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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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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.
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The first Taiwanese patient died of influenza H7N9 infection
Xinhua News Agency cited Taiwan's latest outbreak of the Department of Disease Control, saying that the first case of H7N9 in 2017 on the island, identified in early Feb…
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In the near future there will be bird flu and it is even more dangerous than bird flu and swine flu
Until now, pigs and chickens are hosts that contain two types of flu that are the biggest threat to humans. Influenza strains can spread to humans, causing serious conse…
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China confirmed two more cases of H7N9 flu
Chinese health authorities on March 18 confirmed two more cases of H7N9 avian influenza virus infection in Hunan and Guangdong provinces.
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South Korea has more cases of bird flu in dogs
On March 24, South Korea announced it had discovered a number of cases of bird flu infection in dogs, thereby providing further evidence that the virus has spread to oth…
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Hong Kong prepares breakthrough vaccines against influenza H7N9
Researchers at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have successfully developed a vaccine that could be the first in the world to create a shield against many types of infl…
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The discovery of five mutations in H5N1 determines the spread
A team of researchers published the results of the study in the journal Cell (USA) found that, 5 important positions on the genome of the H5N1 avian influenza virus, if…
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The first patient in the world died of H5N6 flu
A 49-year-old man in Sichuan Province, southwestern China died of the H5N6 bird flu virus.
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H7N9 virus can attack Vietnam and some Asian countries
H7N9 is an influenza A virus that has claimed the lives of about 100 people since it appeared in March 2013 in China.
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Prevention of toxic bird flu H5N6
Although there is no evidence of human-to-human transmission, the newly discovered A / H5N6 influenza virus strain in Vietnam is warned to have very high virulence.
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New bird flu detected in the Netherlands
Dutch health officials on November 16 banned the transport of poultry across the country after the discovery of a new strain of bird flu that is highly infectious to hum…