H5N1 and H1N1 Cluster in Vietnam

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Discussion Starter · Dec 10, 2009

Link:

http://www.recombinomics.com/News/12100902/H5N1_H1N1_Dien_Bien.html

Excerpt:

. . . .The above translation suggests a family in Dien Bien, Vietnam has tested positive for H5N1 and H1N1. Poultry belonging to the family has also tested positive for H5N1.

Vietnam represents a hot zone where H1N1 and H5N1 are co-circulating. H1N1 is very promiscuous and has been isolated from a variety of mammalian species as well as turkeys. Thus, Vietnam would offer an environment for co-infections in a wide range of host including human.

butcherboy

· #2 · Dec 10, 2009

China is also a hotbed for the same thing, due to intensive agriculture. Multiple species on the same land, sometimes in the home with the farmers.

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