| Cause |
| Symptoms in humans |
| Forms |
| Modes of transmission |
| Prevention |
| Treatment |
| Vaccine |
| Countries with reported outbreaks of H5N1 avian flu in birds |
| Countries with confirmed human cases of H5N1 avian flu |
| Cumulative Number of Confirmed Human Cases of Avian Flu |
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| Viruses that normally infect only birds (chicken, ducks, geese, quails, and wild birds) and, less commonly, pigs and other mammals. |
| Fever, headache, cough, muscle pain, eye infections, pneumonia, and severe respiratory diseases such as acute respiratory distress. |
- no symptoms at all in some species such as domestic ducks
- mild illness, which might be barely noticed
- highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI), which is extremely contagious and rapidly fatal for birds
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- among birds
- close contact of people with sick birds or their feces
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- Avoid farms with infected poultry
- Avoid contact with contaminated surface or animal secretions
- Cook meat and other poultry products thoroughly
- Observe proper hygiene
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| Tamiflu is a medicine to treat flu by attacking the influenza virus and preventing it from spreading inside the body. |
| No vaccine for the avian flu exists. Developments are under way |
| Cambodia, People’s Republic of China, Croatia, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Republic of Korea, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Mongolia, Thailand, Romania, Russia, Turkey, and Viet Nam |
| Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Viet Nam - Human cases have been linked to direct exposure to dead or diseased poultry during slaughtering, defeathering, and food preparation. |
Since the beginning of the East Asian outbreaks in December 2003, the cumulative number of confirmed human cases of avian influenza (H5N1) as of 19 February 2007 totaled 274, with 167 deaths, according to WHO's data. Azerbaijan - 8 cases with 5 deaths
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