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One more province hit by bird flu in Vietnam (China Daily)
Found on 05 Aug 2008 15:38 GMT
HANOI - Bird flu has stricken Vietnam's central Quang Ngai province, raising the total number of affected localities in the country to three, according to a local veterinary agency on Tuesday.

Bird flu explodes in southern province (Vietnam Net)
Found on 01 Aug 2008 09:38 GMT
VietNamNet BridgeBird flu was discovered in a flock of 1,000 chickens in the southern province of Dong Thap on July 31, reported the Veterinary Agency.

Vietnam starts human trials for bird flu vaccine
Found on 03 Apr 2008 16:53 GMT
Vietnam has started clinical trials for developing a human vaccine for the H5N1 virus, researchers said on Thursday in the Southeast Asian country that has recorded 52 deaths from bird flu.

Avian influenza Situation in Vietnam Update
Found on 31 Aug 2007 09:59 GMT
WHO has introduced an External Quality Assessment Project (see description of EQA project) for national reference laboratories for the detection of subtype influenza A viruses by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing and has now amended the criteria for accepting confirmed cases of A(H5) infection (see amended WHO criteria). - Based on the amended criteria, the Ministry of Health of Viet Nam ...

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam (Viet Nam)
Found on 29 Jun 2007 09:59 GMT
The Ministry of Health in Vietnam (Viet Nam) has confirmed two new human cases of influenza A(H5N1) virus infection, the first human cases to have been reported from Vietnam (Viet Nam) since November 2005. Both cases have been confirmed by the National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) and by the WHO H5 Reference Laboratory, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The fi...

Bird flu lessons from Vietnam
Found on 06 Apr 2006 15:29 GMT
As poultry farms in Europe face bird flu for the first time, Vietnamese farmers are only too familiar with the disease, writes Kate McGeown.

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam Update 43
Found on 25 Nov 2005 00:59 GMT
The Ministry of Health in Vietnam (Viet Nam) has confirmed a further case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. The case is a 15-year-old boy from Hai Phong Province. He developed symptoms on 14 November and was hospitalized on 16 November.

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam Update 39
Found on 09 Nov 2005 00:59 GMT
The Ministry of Health in Vietnam (Viet Nam) has confirmed a further case of human infection with H5N1 avian influenza. The case occurred in a 35-year-old man from Hanoi who was hospitalized with respiratory symptoms on 26 October and died on 29 October. This is the first confirmed case in Vietnam (Viet Nam) since late July of this year. Since mid-December 2004, Vietnam (Viet Nam) has reported ...

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam Update 30
Found on 19 Sep 2005 01:59 GMT
The Ministry of Health in Vietnam (Viet Nam) has retrospectively confirmed an additional fatal case of H5N1 infection that dates back to July. The case, in a 35-year-old male farmer from Ben Tre Province, developed symptoms on 25 July and died on 31 July. The newly confirmed case brings the total in Vietnam (Viet Nam) since mid-December 2004 to 64 cases, of which 21 were fatal.

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam (Viet Nam) Update 27
Found on 05 Aug 2005 01:59 GMT

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam (Viet Nam) Update 24
Found on 30 Jun 2005 01:59 GMT

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam (Viet Nam) Update 23
Found on 28 Jun 2005 01:59 GMT

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam (Viet Nam) Update 22
Found on 17 Jun 2005 01:59 GMT

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam (Viet Nam) Update 21
Found on 16 Jun 2005 01:59 GMT

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam (Viet Nam) Update 20
Found on 14 Jun 2005 01:59 GMT

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam (Viet Nam) Update 19
Found on 08 Jun 2005 01:59 GMT

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam (Viet Nam) Update 16
Found on 14 Apr 2005 01:59 GMT

Avian Influenza Situation in Vietnam (Viet Nam) Update 14
Found on 04 Apr 2005 01:59 GMT