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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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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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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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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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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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When has the H1N1 flu virus been known?
Since it was discovered and started to erupt into epidemics, the swine flu virus also has the scientific name H1N1 has become an obsession for many countries around the…
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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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The new H1N1 influenza virus has just emerged in three countries
WHO scientists said the new variant of the A / H1N1 influenza virus has emerged and raged in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore.
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Pandemic flu broke out in Hong Kong
According to Van Hoi, schools across the Hong Kong Special Zone are in high alert, after appearing hundreds of cases of flu-like symptoms from the end of February to now.
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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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Southeast Asia actively protects against H5N1
Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam all want to produce avian influenza vaccines as soon as they find an appropriate technology partner to avoid dependence on Western pharma…
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There has been a vaccine to prevent bird flu
The fight against bird flu has entered a new stage. An independent team of experts has recommended the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use a vaccine to prevent…
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H5N1 virus has a genetic variation
The public is worried about a global pandemic, as the World Health Organization's previous warning. But does this happen?