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Vietnam urgently responds to H7N9 flu from China
On April 4, the Prime Minister made a public request to the sectors to drastically prevent smuggled poultry, to prevent H7N9 infection from spreading to China. The Minis…
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Warning for a new pandemic of bird flu in Vietnam
Yesterday, Monday, August 29, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) warned of a new strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus that has emerged in…
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5 mutations make bird flu a pandemic
The H5N1 bird flu epidemic can be deadly, but so far it has not yet become a pandemic because it cannot be transmitted from human to human.
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H5N1 avian influenza virus
H5N1 avian influenza virus is reappearing in poultry markets in China, especially in the southern region, causing great difficulties for the country to prevent a new pan…
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Red alert bird flu in Hong Kong
Hong Kong is screening 17,000 chickens after two wild birds and 1 chicken died of H5N1 virus infection last week.
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IAEA uses nuclear technology against H5N1 virus
Experts of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have deployed nuclear technology to determine the spread of highly virulent H5N1 virus and the risk of rapid inf…
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Super avian influenza virus becomes a biological bomb?
The type of bird flu virus that can infect and kill millions of people at the same time will not be disclosed by microbiologists. However, scientists warn, these figures…
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WHO announces the study of variant H5N1 avian influenza virus
After months of controversy because of concerns about biosecurity, the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to allow the publication of a controversial study on t…
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China warned bird flu
China on January 7 issued a warning of bird flu, after a woman died of infection with the H5N1 virus.
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100% of people infected with H5N1 in 2009 died
All cases of H5N1 avian influenza virus infection detected since the beginning of the year have been unable to survive.
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Vietnam does not export new cases of H5N1
According to Deputy Director of Department of Preventive Medicine and Environment, from July until now, Vietnam has not detected more cases of influenza A / H5N1 infecti…
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New prospects for vaccines against bird flu
The search for vaccines against bird flu seems promising when researchers claim that the new vaccine from monkey kidney cells appears to be safe and effective against th…
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Protected by antibodies from ... 1918
Antibodies from survivors of the 1918 flu pandemic - the worst pandemic in human history - continue to protect them against this deadly virus, opening a
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March 2012: Launching H5N1 vaccine for poultry
The Central Veterinary Drug Company (NAVETCO) will bring the H5N1 avian influenza vaccine to the market right in March 2012. This proceeds to completely replace imported…
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Published the first study material on the new influenza virus
The first research paper on the creation of avian influenza virus in the laboratory, published in the May 2, issue of Nature, is causing mixed opinions in the scientific…