Vietnam: 100% of infected influenza A/H5N1 death

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

(Bloomberg) - At the workshop performance evaluation system to monitor influenza countries afternoon 21-12, in Hanoi, Prof. Dr. Nguyen-Tran Hien, Director of Institute of the Central Hygiene and Epidemiology, said mortality due to influenza A/H5N1 in Vietnam is very high - 100% in the 2003 and 2009. Most people with influenza A/H5N1 have been detected in contact with infected birds died.

About influenza A/H1N1, according to Mr. Show, the rate of infection in the national influenza surveillance points were very high in 2009. We translated influenza A/H1N1 has spread to most provinces.
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