Current human death rate from the H5N1 strain is 57.7% (232 cases, 134 deaths). Two additional cases have been reported since the last update. One case occurred in a 44 year old man from East Jakarta in Indonesia. Source of infection is unknown but he did work as a stall owner in a wet market and had poultry around his home. Samples have been taken and results are pending. This is the 54th case of human H5N1 in Indonesia this year.

The second H5N1 human infection and death occurred in a 17 year old male from Thailand. The case had buried carcasses of dead chickens. This is the first human infection in Thailand since 2005. This case confirms the recurrence of an animal outbreak in the province of Phichit. Control measures have been implemented and human surveillance has strengthened. So far, all contacts of the case have been asymptomatic.

A Philadelphia bird market was temporarily closed in mid-July due to the detection of a mild bird flu strain. There had been no ill or dead birds and the strain was caught by routine surveillance. The strain has not been identified but is unlikely the deadly H5N1 that is ravaging Asia.

Nations With Confirmed Cases H5N1 Avian Influenza (July 7, 2006)

Avian Flu Map 07/07/06

WHO Laboratory Confirmed H5N1 Human Cases As of 7/26/06

Country	2003		2004		2005		2006		Total
Country	cases	deaths	cases	deaths	cases	deaths	cases	deaths	cases	deaths
Azerbaijan	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	5	8	5
Cambodia	0	0	0	0	4	4	2	2	6	6
China	0	0	0	0	8	5	11	7	19	12
Djibouti	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
Egypt	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	6	14	6
Indonesia	0	0	0	0	17	11	37	31	54	42
Iraq	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2
Thailand	0	0	17	12	5	2	1	1	23	15
Turkey	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	4	12	4
Viet Nam	3	3	29	20	61	19	0	0	93	42
Total	3	3	46	32	95	41	87	57	232	134

Total number of cases includes number of deaths.
WHO reports only laboratory-confirmed cases.

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Nations With Confirmed Cases H5N1 Avian Influenza (July 7, 2006)

WHO Laboratory Confirmed H5N1 Human Cases As of 7/26/06