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8 misunderstandings 'deadly' about influenza A / H1N1
Influenza A / H1N1 is returning when a number of deaths have been recorded sporadically. How to protect yourself and your family is to avoid common misunderstandings bel…
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New virus strains from swine flu virus, avian influenza
Chinese scientists have warned that swine flu and avian influenza viruses can be combined into new strains with stronger toxicity.
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Antibodies were found against 30 strains of influenza
US scientists say they have found an antibody capable of fighting 30 of the 36 influenza strains.
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Detection of H1N1 flu virus in animals
Scientific experts at the University of California, Los Angeles - UCLA and its colleagues discovered the first evidence of the H1N1 virus in animals in Africa.
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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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My mother has H1N1 flu, my baby is dead easily
Babies born to mothers infected with the H1N1 flu virus during pregnancy face the risk of dying shortly after birth or premature birth, according to the latest study by…
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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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Japan alarmed for H3N2 flu
Just last week the number of reported cases of H3N2 in Japan skyrocketed by 620,000 patients, to 1.73 million. Most of them are students and the elderly.
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Pandemic H5N1 has returned
After nearly 2 years, Vietnam has so far recorded only 2 cases of H5N1 and 100% mortality. Therefore, at the meeting of the Steering Committee for Disease Prevention and…
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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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Bird flu re-outbreaks, increasing the burden of disease
On the morning of November 2, Mr. Hoang Van Nam, Deputy Director of the Animal Health Department confirmed that the H5N1 avian influenza epidemic has re-emerged after a…
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China detected influenza A / H1N1 in dogs
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture has just received a report from China Agricultural University, saying it has found two cases of dogs infected with influenza A / H1N1…