Avian Flu: How Scared Should We Be?

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[A] Number of outbreaks in birds [B] Number of known human cases [C] Number of known human deaths [D] Areas with H5N1 outbreaks during the past eight years [E] Areas with H5N1 outbreaks in 2005

CENTRAL ASIA [E] • 53 [A]

JAPAN and SOUTH KOREA [D] • 24 [A]

CHINA [D][E] • 55 [A]

HONG KONG [D] 1997 and 2003 • 4 [A] • 20 [B] • 7 [C]

SOUTHEAST ASIA [D][E] 2003 to 2005 • 2,989 [A] • 112 [B] • 57 [C]

INDONESIA and MALAYSIA [D][E] 2004 to 2005 • 226 [A] • 4 [B] • 3 [C]

Sources: WHO; World Organization for Animal Health; Food and Agriculture Organization of the U.N.