The Bird Flu
Bird Flu Cases - Bird Flu Symptoms - Bird Flu Prevention - Bird Flu History
Prepare Your Family For The Bird Flu Epidemic
H5N1 Avian Flu: Infection Period - 1997 to 2006
- Avoid Handling Birds
- Avoid Eating Birds
- Avoid The Sick
- Cover Coughs
- Cover Sneezes
- Seek A Doctor Quickly
Bird Flu History
Bird Flu History
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When did the Bird Flu virus begin infecting humans?
Historical Cases
1890 - First recorded recent influenza pandemic
1918 - H1N1 - The Spanish Flu pandemic kills more than 40 million people.
1957 - H2N2 - Asian flu pandemic kills 100,000 people
1968 - H3N2 - Hong Kong flu pandemic kills 700,000
1997 - H5N1 - Hong Kong flu with 6 deaths. All chickens were exterminated to prevent spread.
Recent Cases
Feb 2003 - H5N1 - Hong Kong, 2 infected, 1 death
Feb 28, 2003 - H7N7 - Netherlands, 83 people infected, 11 milion chickens exterminated
December 2003 - H5N1 - South Korea reports first cases
January 2004 - H5N1 - Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, South Korea report cases, 11 infected, 8 dead
April 6, 2004 - H7N3 - British Columbia, Canada, 2 infected
August 2004 - H5N1 - Vietnam and Thailand report 37 infected, 26 dead, 100 millon chickens are exterminated.
December 2004 - H5N1 - Vietnam reports new case.
February 2005 - H5N1 - Vietnam reports 13 new infections, 12 deaths
February 2005 - H5N1 - Cambodia reports first case
June 2005 - H5N1 - Indonesia reports man testing postive for the antibodies.
July 2005 - H5N1 - Philippines report their first case
August 2005 - H5N1 - Vietnam, Russia, Kazakhstan, Tibet, Mongoia report cases
September 2005 - H5N1 - Indonesia and Vietnam report new cases.
October 2005 - H5N1 - Greece reports first case, Indonesia reports new case.
December 2005 - H5N1 - North Carolina, USA turkeys reported infected.
January 2006 - H5N1 - Turkey reports 87 new cases, 17 dead, China reports 2 cases, both dead Indonesia reports 1 new case ending in death.
January 2006 - H5N1 - Iraq reports first cases, 2 deaths
February 2006 - H5N1 - This is the most active month in H5N1 history.
- Nigeria reports first H5N1 cases, number of cases unknown, 5 farms infected
- Iraq reports 1 new H5N1 death within 13 new cases
- Indonesia reports 2 new H5N1 cases with 1 death
- China reports new H5N1 cases, 1 death
- Greece, Italy, Romania, and Bulgaria report swans infected with H5N1
- Azerbaijan reported H5N1 infected dead birds floating in the Caspian Sea
- Germany and Austria report H5N1 infected swans
- Slovenia reports swans with H5N1 bird flu
- European countries begin ordering all domestic birds be kept indoors, including zoos
- Egypt reports H5N1 chicken infection
- France reports H5N1 infection in ducks
- Indonesia reports 1 new H5N1 death
- India reports 8 human H5N1 cases and 50,000 infected dead birds
- Spain reports H5N1 infected dead duck
- Italy reports 16 new H5N1 cases
- India orders the slaughter of 500,000 chickens
- Russia reports 350,000 H5N1 sick birds found dead in southern Dagestan. They had reported their first case in August 2005. It took only 5 months for the bird flu to spread to this level.
- Denmark reports 35 H5N1 infected dead birds
- To date 200 million chickens have been slaughtered
- France reports H5N1 bird flu in thousands of dead commerical turkeys
- Switzerland reports first H5N1 case in a duck
- Niger reports H5N1 infected dead ducks, bare hands, no face masks on disposal team
- Sweden reports H5N1 infected dead ducks
- Germany reports dead cat infected with H5N1
March 2006
- France reports a dozen new cases in ducks, and a new case in a swan
- Poland reports cases of swans with H5N1
- Austria reports several dead cats infected with H5N1
- China reports 1 new human death due to H5N1
- Stone Marten (mammal) confirmed H5N1 positive
April 2006
- Egyptian girl dies of H5N1 infection
- United Kingdom partially eaten swan positive for H5N1 in Scottish coastal town
May 2006
- Bird Flu testing begins in Alaska, USA. 100,000 wild birds to be tested.
Jan 2007
Hungarian officials killed thousands of geese after H5N1 was detected in the southeast of the country
Feb 2007
-World Heath Organization confirmed Nigeria’s first human death from the strain
-159,000 turkeys culled in England after 2500 infected turkeys die in domestic flock
