H7N9 influenza: a dangerous virus, but less deadly than H5N1
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Bird flu: 15 more people infected in China
WHO reports 15 new cases of avian influenza A (H7N9) virus infection in China and calls for vigilance.In China, 15 ...
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Avian influenza: China placed under close surveillance
International health authorities are calling on China to strengthen its control and surveillance measures to stem the bird flu epidemic. ...
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Avian flu: 61 deaths in China in one month
Chinese authorities announced that in February 2017, 160 people were infected, of which 61 died. A much heavier balance sheet ...
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Avian influenza: the mutation of the H7N9 strain worries China
Chinese health authorities have discovered a mutation of the H7N9 strain in several infected people. This strain would be more ...
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Bird flu: 87 dead in China for a month
Faced with the scale of the epidemic, the Chinese authorities have decided to close the markets in endemic areas.Bird flu ...
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Avian influenza in China: 40% of patients die
100 people have died from bird flu in China since the onset of winter. This is 16 times more than ...
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H7N9 influenza: worrying cases of resistance to Tamiflu
© ursule - Fotolia.com In a study published in the medical journal The Lancet, Chinese researchers presented the first three ...
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H7N9 virus: first case of human-to-human transmission
© iStockphoto While the World Health Organization said in its latest bulletin on H7N9 flu, on July 20, that "so ...
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Avian influenza: alert after a confirmed case in Hong Kong
The alert level was raised in the city after the hospitalization of a woman carrying the virus, who is in ...
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Creation of a mutant virus: a sorcerer’s apprentice game?
American researchers have created a mutated and highly virulent version of the H1N1 influenza virus. They are not the first ...
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Avian flu: H7N9 worries WHO
The H7N9 avian influenza virus is affecting more and more patients. This aggressive form of the virus is the subject ...
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Avian influenza: a worrying first death in Canada
A first fatal case of avian influenza (H5N1) in Canada was confirmed Wednesday afternoon by the Ministry of Health. The ...
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Influenza: the threat of Tamiflu-resistant birds
Birds are starting to develop resistance to the antiviral treatment Tamiflu. A real threat to public health, underlines Swedish researchers.Better ...
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Avian influenza: a second human case in Hong Kong
Hong Kong has just registered a second human case of H7N9 avian influenza. It is said to be an 80-year-old ...
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Avian flu: Portugal faces its 1st case
A low virulence avian influenza virus was detected at the end of November in a poultry farm in Portugal. Without ...
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Avian influenza: serious alert level in Hong Kong
The first cases of H7N9 avian influenza contamination are emerging in Hong Kong. One person has been infected and seventeen ...
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Mutant H7N9 virus resists Tamiflu treatment
© iStock A scientific laboratory experiment has shown that there is a mutant H7N9 avian influenza virus that is extremely ...
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H7N9 influenza: a high risk of human-to-human transmission
Two Chinese studies on the H7N9 avian influenza virus which raged in spring 2013 in China suggest that the risk ...
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H7N9 flu kills one in three patients
According to a Chinese organization, 30% of patients infected with H7N9 influenza admitted to hospital have died. Patients aged 60 ...
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France prepares to deal with cases of bird flu
No case of avian flu has yet been identified in Europe. But, the High Council of Public Health does not ...
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H7N9: the conditions for human-to-human transmission are met
Specialized in avian viruses, CIRAD experts are consulted by the Chinese authorities for the H7N9 flu. One of them analyzes ...
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H7N9 flu: WHO recognizes virus has spread to China
The World Health Organization has acknowledged that bird flu has spread in China. The current report shows 60 cases including ...
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H7N9 virus: how many patients ignore each other?
Chinese health authorities have identified the H7N9 virus in a 4-year-old child not showing any symptoms. The viral strain could ...
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H7N9 virus: who are the victims?
As China strengthens its level of security in the face of the H7N9 threat, specialists are studying the profile of ...
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H7N9 virus: China raises the alert level
The H7N9 strain of bird flu circulating in China has just made a 6th victim near Shanghai. In this province, ...
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H7N9 virus: reinforced surveillance in France
For Invs, surveillance must be stepped up in France to look for influenza A (H7N9) in people with a severe ...
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H7N9 virus: watch out for chickens!
It's official, the H7N9 virus does come from poultry. By comparing viruses detected in animals with those found in human ...
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