The National Centre for Laboratory and Epidemiology has advised epidemiologists and the public to be on the alert for bird flu after two men in China died from a lesser-known type of bird flu (H7N9) last month. Director of the centre, Dr Phengta Vongphachanh, told Vientiane Times yesterday the centre was informed of the deaths …
H7N9
China on high alert over bird flu
Three people in China have died from the H7N9 virus, a strain of avian flu not previously detected in humans. CNN International, Published on April 4, 2013.