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5 more people died from H5N1 in Indonesia
The assertion of recent deaths in humans caused by the H5N1 virus in Indonesia has raised concerns about how authorities handle the threat.
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Deadly ingredient in H5N1
A large study of flu genotypes has identified an ingredient, which may help explain the deadly danger of the H5N1 avian influenza virus.
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Hong Kong confirmed that wild birds died of H5N1
On January 29, Hong Kong confirmed a wild bird died of H5N1 virus in the territory and warned people not to contact birds because of fear of the disease could infect hum…
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Indonesia has more people suspected of being infected with bird flu
The situation of human bird flu infection in Indonesia is in a complicated trend, after the country has just had another suspected case of death. Scientists warn: people…
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Tet: The risk of relapse of the flu
In the past 50 days, Vietnam has not recorded cases of influenza A / H5N1 in humans. But the coming of the Lunar New Year, there is still the potential of pandemic flu .…
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China tested bird flu vaccine in humans
On November 22, Chinese scientists said the bird flu vaccine they prepared was approved by the Chinese Food and Drug Administration and will be tested in humans.
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The emergence of mutant bird flu virus in Cambodia
A strain of mutated bird flu has just been found on specimens in Cambodia, but it is not known if the strain is more toxic than the H5N1 virus that killed four people he…
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The H5N1 vaccine cannot be tested on humans because ... procedure?
The Ministry of Health must agree, the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has just been clinically tested. But the ministry also awaits the results of…
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AIDS will make wings for bird flu
Professor Robert Webster said the human body with AIDS (weakened immune system) will be a shelter and
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The H5N1 vaccine will be useless for a pandemic
The World Health Organization warns that currently developing human bird flu vaccines will not work much once a pandemic occurs. The reason is that they do not target th…
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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…
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Why does the H5N1 virus quickly kill young, healthy people?
Hong Kong virus experts say they have explained why bird flu viruses often kill young, healthy people: they create
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Complete decoding of the H5N1 influenza virus genome
Regional Animal Health Center in Ho Chi Minh City - the unit cooperating with Pasteur Institute in the above study, gives more unexpected information: by monitoring the…
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China confirmed the first human flu case
The boy has now recovered and left the hospital, while his 12-year-old sister died with a suspected diagnosis of bird flu. In the village these two sisters lived at the…
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Signed the Tamiflu production agreement with F. Hofmann-Laroche
In the afternoon of November 10, the Ministry of Health officially announced that it had signed an agreement on the production of Tamiflu with Oseltamivir phosphate in V…