Table 2.
Humans cases of avian flu worldwide, December 2003–July 2007.
| Continent | Country | First report in poultry | Outbreaks of poultry | Confirmed human cases |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infections | Deaths | Death rate (%) | ||||
| Asia | Vietnam | Jan. 8, 2004 | 2402 | 95 | 42 | 44.21 |
| Thailand | Jan. 23, 2004 | 1137 | 25 | 17 | 68.00 | |
| Indonesia | Feb. 2, 2004 | 261 | 102 | 81 | 79.41 | |
| Turkey | Oct. 10, 2005 | 212 | 12 | 4 | 33.33 | |
| China | Jan. 23, 2004 | 88 | 25 | 16 | 64.00 | |
| Myanmar | Mar. 12, 2006 | 90 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Pakistan | Mar. 2, 2006 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Korea | Dec. 12, 2003 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Bangladesh | Mar. 30, 2007 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Afghanistan | Mar. 20, 2006 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Cambodia | Jan. 24, 2004 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 100.00 | |
| Kuwait | Feb. 26, 2007 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Malaysia | Aug. 19, 2004 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Laos | Jan. 27, 2004 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 100.00 | |
| Japan | Jan. 13, 2004 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Israel | Mar. 17, 2006 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Occupied Palestinian Territory | Apr. 5, 2006 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| India | Feb. 18, 2006 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Iraq | Feb. 2, 2006 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 66.67 | |
| Azerbaijan | Feb. 24, 2006 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 62.50 | |
| Kazakhstan | Aug. 2, 2005 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Jordan | Mar. 24, 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Africa | Egypt | Feb. 19, 2006 | 346 | 38 | 15 | 39.47 |
| Nigeria | Feb. 8, 2006 | 60 | 1 | 1 | 100.00 | |
| Sudan | Apr. 18, 2006 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Burkina Faso | Mar. 3, 2006 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Côte d'Ivoire | Apr. 25, 2006 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Ghana | May 3, 2007 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Niger | Feb 28, 2006 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Cameroon | Mar. 12, 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Djibouti | May 27, 2006 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Togo | Jun. 22, 2006 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Asia | 4407 | 279 | 176 | 63.08 | ||
| Europe | 365 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | ||
| Africa | 445 | 40 | 16 | 40.00 | ||
| World | 5217 | 319 | 192 | 60.19 | ||
Source: 1. World health organization (WHO) (2004), 2. Office international des epizooties, now the world organization for animal health (2007), 3. The rows highlighted in grey denote countries that have confirmed human cases.