Table 1.

Novel avian influenza viruses associated with human infection reported between 2012 and 2014 (as of 21 October 2014)

Virus	Place (date) of first human case	No. of human cases (case-fatality rate)	Clinical significance in birds	References
A(H7N9)	Shanghai, China (February 2013)	455 (∼30%)	Lowly pathogenic	[10•, 39]
A(H6N1)	Taiwan (May 2013)	1 (0%)	Lowly pathogenic	[9]
A(H10N8)	Nanchang City, China (November 2013)	3 (67%)	Variable	[11]
A(H5N6)	Sichuan, China (May 2014)	1 (100%)	Highly pathogenic	[12, 40]