CNN.com - Hong Kong flap over chicken flu outbreak - May 17, 2001
Healthy kids and adults can also get a flu shot, so they are less likely to get the flu. Flu vaccines are usually given in the fall, before flu season starts. Flu season means the months of the year when a lot of people have the flu and it's easy to catch it. It starts in November and usually ends in April.
CNN.com - Hong Kong flap over chicken flu outbreak - May 17, 2001
Hong Kong authorities are stepping up inspections in poultry stalls after ... Hong Kong to kill 1 million chickens to contain 'bird flu' December 28, 1997 ...
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Killer flu can result from a single mutation - 25 August 2002 - New Scientist
The 1997 Hong Kong flu outbreak, which killed one third of its victims, resulted ... as A, B and C. Type A is usually responsible for large outbreaks, and ...
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CNN - Hong Kong poultry market shut amid fears of bird flu - Dec. 15, 1997
An outbreak of so-called Hong Kong flu in 1968 caused more than 40,000 deaths around the world. ... Hong Kong Department of Health. Influenza Prevention ...
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HONG KONG Outbreak
... about one million chickens were culled during an outbreak of bird flu in 1997. ... deadly flu viruses and look at ways of controlling outbreaks through diagnosis, ...
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Hong Kong reports new outbreak of bird flu
Hong Kong reports new outbreak of bird flu HONG KONG (AP) — A virus similar to the deadly bird flu that killed six people and sickened many in 1997 has resurfaced in ...
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The Next Influenza Pandemic: Lessons from Hong Kong, 1997
The 1997 Hong Kong outbreak of an avian influenzalike virus, with 18 proven ... 1997 (9) Chicken flu (H5N1) Hong Kong Poultry virus. 18 confirmed human ...
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Online NewsHour: Hong Kong Flu-- December 16, 1997
THE HONG KONG FLU. December 16, 1997. NewsHour Transcript ... While the outbreak in Hong Kong is still in early stages, the fear of a possible ...
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December 19, 1997, Hour 1:The Hong Kong Flu / pharmaceutical Sheep
Hour One: The Hong Kong Flu / pharmaceutical Sheep. A small outbreak of a new viral strain of influenza in Hong Kong has scientists ...
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bird flu -- Britannica Online Encyclopedia
... late 2005, outbreaks of the most deadly variety of bird flu occurred among ... The 1997 bird flu outbreak in Hong Kong was found to be caused by H5N1. ...
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Flu outbreak spurs Hong Kong poultry slaughter
... dying and Hong Kong residents terrified by the latest outbreak of bird flu, ... Hong Kong officials say they're taking no chances in the wake of a 1997 outbreak ...
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CNN.com - Hong Kong flap over chicken flu outbreak - May 17, 2001
Vaccinations against influenza are most commonly given to high-risk humans in industrialized countries and to farmed poultry. The most common human vaccine is the trivalent flu vaccine that contains purified and inactivated material from three viral strains. Typically this vaccine includes material from two influenza A virus subtypes and one influenza B virus strain. A vaccine formulated for one year may be ineffective in the following year, since the influenza virus changes rapidly over time and different strains become dominant. Antiviral drugs can be used to treat influenza, with neuraminidase inhibitors being particularly effective.
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