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Chinese Health Officials Say H7N9 Bird Flu Has Killed 19 People in The Country
Feb 7, 2014Chinese health officials say H7N9 bird flu has killed 19 people in the country so far this year with the number of human infections up to 96. Even as health officials in the affected regions have gone on higher alert to fight the spread ...
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China Asked Its Municipalities and Provinces to Be on Higher Alert to Control The Disease
Jan 24, 2014China, facing rising human cases of the H7N9 avian flu, asked its municipalities and provinces to be on higher alert to control the disease. The National Health and Family Planning Commission, which summoned a meeting of health officials ...
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Chinese Health Authorities Reported The Deaths of Two Men From H7N9 Avian Flu in Shanghai
Jan 22, 2014SHANGHAI, Jan. 20 (UPI) -- Chinese health authorities reported the deaths of two men, including a doctor, from H7N9 avian flu in Shanghai. The Shanghai municipal health commission Monday reported the 31-year-old doctor and a 77-year-old ...
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Avian H7N9 Influenza Virus Has Caused More Than 130 Human Infections with 43 Deaths
Jan 16, 2014The novel avian H7N9 influenza virus has caused more than 130 human infections with 43 deaths in China. New research, conducted under the supervision of Kansas State University's Juergen Richt, is showing promise in helping to fight this ...
Tags: Influenza Virus, H7N9, Health, Medicine
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Some Indigenous Groups Are More Susceptible to The Effects of The New Strain of Influenza
Jan 11, 2014Some indigenous groups are more susceptible to the effects of the new strain of influenza -- H7N9 -- currently found in China, researchers in Australia said. Senior author Katherine Kedzierska, an associate professor of the University of ...
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The H7N9 Bird Flu Virus Does Not Yet Have The Ability to Easily Infect People
Dec 26, 2013The H7N9 bird flu virus does not yet have the ability to easily infect people, a new study indicates. The findings contradict some previous research suggesting that H7N9 poses an imminent threat of causing a global pandemic. The H7N9 ...
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Prices of Poultry Products in China Could Rise Sharply as H7N9 Wanes
May 14, 2013Prices of poultry products in China could rise sharply as early as next month as the waning H7N9 virus helps consumers regain confidence in poultry meat and eggs, experts said. Since late March, authorities have closed many poultry ...
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The Bird Flu Erodes Demand of Soybea
May 8, 2013Chinese demand of soybean used in feeding poultry and livestock will continue to decline because of the breakout of bird flu. China takes 60% in global soybean trading. Influenced by concerns of food safety and large-stock, the amount of ...
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a New Strain of Bird Flu Spread to Taiwan
Apr 26, 2013A new strain of bird flu, which first originated in China and sickened more than 100, has spread to Taiwan, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). A 53-year-old Taiwanese businessman who returned from China's coastal Jiangsu ...
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Canada Urges Poultry Producers to Practice Biosecurity to Prevent Bird Flu Transmission
Apr 24, 2013The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has urged producers and backyard flock owners to practice biosecurity in the wake of the H7N9 avian influenza virus that has been linked to human illnesses in China. According to the agency, the ...
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H7N9 Is a Serotype of The Species Influenzavirus A
Apr 11, 2013H7N9 is a serotype of the species Influenzavirus A (avian influenza virus or bird flu virus). H7 normally circulates amongst avian populations with some variants known to occasionally infect humans. An H7N9 virus was first reported to have ...
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Four Questions About The A(H7N9) virus
Apr 11, 2013What is this A(H7N9) virus? H7N9 is a subtype of influenza virus. H7N9 viruses have been previously detected mainly in wild birds, though other H7 viruses been reported around the globe in domestic and wild birds. The recent event in ...
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This New Virus Is Hard to Detect in Poultry
Apr 8, 2013Responding to the occurrence of the A(H7N9) influenza virus in China requires strong biosecurity measures, FAO said today. Unlike other influenza strains, including highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1, this new virus is hard to detect in ...
Tags: Influenza, H7N9 Virus, FAO
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H7N9 Is Coming!
Apr 6, 2013A(H7N9) influenza borke out in China recently. What is this A(H7N9) virus? H7N9 is a subtype of influenza virus. H7N9 viruses have been previously detected mainly in wild birds, though other H7 viruses been reported ...
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China Culled All Poultry to Limit a Bird Flu Outbreak Caused by a New Strain of H7N9
Apr 5, 2013China has culled all poultry at Huhuai produce market in Songjiang district of Shanghai in order to limit a bird flu outbreak caused by a new strain of H7N9 virus. The culling was carried out after authorities from the China's Ministry of ...
Tags: H7N9 Bird Flu, culling, Food
