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Thai bird flu can spread from person to person
Dr. Charoen Chuchottaworn, an avian influenza specialist from the Thai Ministry of Health, said doctors had concluded the case after considering the medical history of t…
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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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Fear ... chicken feces
The risk of outbreaks and the occurrence of avian influenza is very large, yet hundreds of farming households living on vegetable cultivation in the 3.4.5 ward Hiep Than…
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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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Issue new regimens to treat influenza A
On November 14, the Ministry of Health issued a protocol to guide the diagnosis, management and prevention of viral pneumonia infection. This new document will be used i…
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Avian influenza has grown rapidly on a large scale
Speaking at the meeting of the National Steering Committee for Avian Influenza Prevention on the afternoon of November 14, once again the Minister of Agriculture and Rur…
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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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The Prime Minister directs: Mobilizing many forces to participate in epidemic prevention and control
On November 10, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Khoan and the Government delegation checked the avian influenza control and prevention in Bac Ninh and Bac Giang provinces. Cont…
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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…
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H5N1 virus has had high toxicity mutations
Ho Chi Minh Pasteur Institute has completed and reported to the Ministry of Science and Technology on the project
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How to recognize and prevent bird flu on humans
Patients with influenza due to H5N1 also have the same basic expressions as other flu types. However, the disease often happens very quickly with severe pneumonia, which…
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Ho Chi Minh City: How to ban poultry farming?
According to the action plan to deal with avian influenza, from November 15 in Ho Chi Minh City, there will no longer be any facilities allowed to raise poultry, includi…
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Ho Chi Minh City: checking the prevention of avian influenza
In the two days of November 12 and 13, all six inspection teams of Ho Chi Minh City came to districts, markets and hot spots to check the compliance with the City People…
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Avian influenza testing for 10 minutes
Last weekend, a Singapore bio-engineering company announced two sets of rapid tests for new bird flu, which could give results in just 10 minutes. The rapid detection of…
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Infectious bird flu like?
The World Health Organization and the World Animal Health Organization have recently developed a global strategy to prevent H5N1 avian influenza from developing into a p…