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Scientists find another flu virus in Chinese chickens
AFP, Published on 22/08/2013
» Scientists studying the H7N9 bird flu virus that has killed more than 40 people since March said Wednesday they had discovered another H7-type virus lurking in chickens in China.
Cambodian boy dies from bird flu: WHO
AFP, Published on 19/08/2013
» A nine-year-old boy has died from bird flu in Cambodia, the 10th victim this year, the World Health Organisation said Monday, warning that the kingdom's deadliest outbreak of the virus could continue.
First case of bird flu 'spreading between humans'
AFP, Published on 07/08/2013
» Chinese scientists on Wednesday reported the first likely case of direct person-to-person transmission of the H7N9 bird flu virus that has killed over 40 people since March.
H7N9 flu infiltrates victims' lungs
AFP, Published on 04/07/2013
» The H7N9 bird flu virus is a peril for humans because it replicates deep in the lungs where it can trigger a dangerous response from the immune system, a study said Wednesday.
Cambodian girl dies from bird flu
AFP, Published on 02/07/2013
» A six-year-old Cambodian girl has died from bird flu, bringing the country's toll from the deadly virus to nine so far this year, the World Health Organisation said Tuesday.
H7N9 bird flu kills about 1/3 hospitalised patients: study
AFP, Published on 24/06/2013
» The H7N9 bird flu that hit China this year killed over a third of hospitalised patients, said researchers Monday who labelled the virus "less serious" but probably more widespread than previously thought.
'No new H7N9 cases' in China for second week
AFP, Published on 24/05/2013
» No new human cases of the deadly H7N9 bird flu strain were recorded in China for the second week in a row, national health authorities said Monday, suggesting the outbreak has slowed.
WHO 'cannot predict' China flu course
AFP, Published on 21/05/2013
» GENEVA - It is impossible to predict the evolution of China's human H7N9 bird flu outbreak as researchers are still trying to understand the source of human transmission, the head of the World Health Organisation said Monday.
Bird flu costs China industry $6.5 bn: state media
AFP, Published on 20/05/2013
» China's human H7N9 bird flu outbreak has cost the country's poultry industry more than 40 billion yuan ($6.5 billion) as consumers shun chicken, government officials said, according to state media.
H7N9 bird flu spreads to central China's Hunan
AFP, Published on 27/04/2013
» China's deadly outbreak of H7N9 bird flu has spread to the central province of Hunan, local health authorities said Saturday, the third announcement in three days of a case in a new location.