Last Review: August 21, 2008

Areas with human avian influenza A (H5N1) cases

Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Djibouti, Egypt, Indonesia, Iraq, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Myanmar, Nigeria, Pakistan, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam

For latest human case count, please see World Health Organization Web site at: www.who.int/csr/disease/avian_influenza/country/en

* Pending confirmation

NOTE: No confirmed H5N1 cases have been reported in North America, South America, Australia, or the South Pacific.
 

Areas with avian influenza A (H5N1) detected in birds

Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, Egypt, Gaza and West Bank*, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Laos, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, Slovak Republic, Vietnam

No recent cases (in past 3 months): Albania (none since 3/06), Austria (none since 4/06), Azerbaijan (none since 2/06), Benin (none since 12/07), Bosnia and Herzegovina (none since 2/06), Burkina Faso (none since 5/06), Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) (none since 1/07), Croatia (none since 4/06), Czech Republic (none since 8/07), Denmark (none since 5/06), Djibouti (none since 4/06), France (none since 8/07), Georgia (none since 2/06), Germany (none since 1/08), Ghana (none since 8/07), Hungary (none since 3/07), Iran (none since prior to 5/08), Israel (none since 1/08), Italy (none since 2/06), Jordan (none since 3/06), Kazakhstan (none since 3/060), Korea (Republic of) (none since 5/08, Kuwait (none since 4/07), Malaysia (none since 6/07), Mongolia (none since 6/06), Myanmar (none since 1/08), Niger (none since 6/06), Palestinian Autonomous Territories (none since 4/06), Poland (none since 1/08), Romania (none since 12/07), Saudi Arabia (none since 1/08), Serbia and Montenegro (none since 3/06), Slovenia (none since 03/06), Spain (none since 7/06), Sudan (none since 9/06), Sweden (none since 5/06), Switzerland (none since 3/08), Thailand (none since 2/08), Togo (none since 12/07), Turkey (none since 4/08), Ukraine (none since 2/08), United Kingdom (none since 4/08)

* Pending confirmation

NOTE: NO H5N1 cases have been reported in North America, South America, Australia, or the South Pacific.

Current phase of pandemic influenza alert, according to the World Health Organization:

Phase 3 - new virus, no or very limited person-to-person transmission

Inter-pandemic phase

New virus in animals, no human cases

Low risk to human cases 1
High risk to human cases 2
Pandemic  alert

New virus causes human cases

No or very limited human-to-human transmission 3
Evidence of increased human-to-human transmission 4
Evidence of significant human-to-human transmission 5
Pandemic Evidence of sustained human-to-human transmission 6