Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1): a Threat to Human Health

doi:10.1128/CMR.00037-06

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Clin Microbiol Rev. 2007 Apr; 20(2): 243–267.

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TABLE 2.

Cumulative number of confirmed human cases of avian influenza A virus (H5N1) reported to the WHO as of 3 February 2007^a

Country	Date of report of first case	No.
		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007^b		Total^b
		Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths	Cases	Deaths
Vietnam	11 January 2004^c	3	3	29	20	61	19	0	0	0	0	93	42
Thailand	23 January 2004	0	0	17	12	5	2	3	3	0	0	25	17
Cambodia	2 February 2005	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	2	0	0	6	6
Indonesia	21 July 2005	0	0	0	0	19	12	56	46	6	5	81	63
China	19 November 2005^d	1	1	0	0	8	5	13	8	0	0	22	14
Turkey	5 January 2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	4	0	0	12	4
Iraq	30 January 2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	3	2
Azerbaijan	14 March 2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	0	0	8	5
Egypt	20 March 2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	10	1	1	19	11
Djibouti	12 May 2006	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
Nigeria	3 February 2007	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1
Total		4	4	46	32	97	42	116	80	8	7	271	165

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^aData are adapted from the WHO website (http://www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/cases_table_2007_02_06/en/index.html).

^bUp to 3 Feb 2007.

^cDate of first case represents data of reporting to the WHO. In some instances, the onset of the case predates the date of reporting considerably.

^dTwo patients diagnosed in Hong Kong in February 2003 who likely acquired infection through travel in Fujian Province, People's Republic of China, in January and February 2003 (170) are not included in this table.