Table 2.
Human infections caused by H5 viruses around the world from January 2003 to April 2022*.
| Country | Case information | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Number | Year | Virus subtype | Number infected | Number of fatalities | |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 2006 | H5N1 | 8 | 5 |
| Bangladesh | 8 | 2008, 2011–2013, 2015 | H5N1 | 8 | 1 |
| Cambodia | 56 | 2005–2014 | H5N1 | 56 | 37 |
| Canada | 1 | 2013 | H5N1 | 1 | 1 |
| China | 127 | 2003, 2005–2015 | H5N1 | 53 | 31 |
| 2014–2022 | H5N6 | 74** | 32 | ||
| Djibouti | 1 | 2006 | H5N1 | 1 | 0 |
| Egypt | 359 | 2006–2017 | H5N1 | 359 | 120 |
| India | 1 | 2021 | H5N1 | 1 | 1 |
| Indonesia | 200 | 2005–2015, 2017 | H5N1 | 200 | 168 |
| Iraq | 3 | 2006 | H5N1 | 3 | 2 |
| Lao | 4 | 2007, 2020 | H5N1 | 3 | 2 |
| 2021 | H5N6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Myanmar | 1 | 2007 | H5N1 | 1 | 0 |
| Nepal | 1 | 2019 | H5N1 | 1 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 2007 | H5N1 | 1 | 1 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 2007 | H5N1 | 3 | 1 |
| Russia | 7 | 2020 | H5N8 | 7 | 0 |
| Thailand | 25 | 2004–2006 | H5N1 | 25 | 17 |
| Turkey | 12 | 2006 | H5N1 | 12 | 4 |
| UK | 1 | 2021 | H5N1 | 1 | 0 |
| US | 1 | 2022 | H5N1 | 1 | 0 |
| Viet Nam | 127 | 2003–2005, 2007-2010, 2012–2014 | H5N1 | 127 | 64 |
| Total | 947 | / | / | 947 | 488 |
*Data obtained from the WHO website.
**Forty-nine of the 75 human cases infected with H5N6 virus have occurred since January 2021.