FACTBOX-WHO figures for bird flu cases in humans
submited by kickingbird at Nov, 6, 2007 3:3 AM from Reuters
Nov 5 (Reuters) - A 30-year-old Indonesian woman from Tangerang, west of the capital, Jakarta, has died of bird flu, taking the nation"e;s death toll from the disease to 90, an official at the health ministry"e;s bird flu centre said on Monday. Of the 112 cases confirmed to date in Indonesia, 90 have been fatal. Worldwide, the virus has killed 205 people out of 334 known cases since it re-emerged in Hong Kong in 2003. Hundreds of millions of birds have died or been culled. Following is a list of confirmed human cases of H5N1. Total cases include survivors. Deaths Total cases AZERBAIJAN 5 8 CAMBODIA 7 7 CHINA 16 25 DJIBOUTI 0 1 EGYPT 15 38 INDONESIA 90 112 IRAQ 2 3 LAOS 2 2 NIGERIA 1 1 THAILAND 17 25 TURKEY 4 12 VIETNAM 46 100 ------------------------------------------------- TOTAL 205 334 ------------------------------------------------- Initial tests usually take a day or two to confirm if someone has H5N1. More detailed testing by government laboratories or those affiliated with the WHO can take a week or more. The H5N1 virus remains mainly a virus of birds, but experts fear it could change into a form easily transmitted from person to person and sweep the world, killing millions. So far, most human cases can be traced to direct or indirect contact with infected birds.
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