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Table 2: OIE2 confirmed Avian Influenza H5N1 Activity in Poultry
(September 2007 - August 2008)

Country3 Date of Outbreaks Number of Outbreaks by Month (September 2007 - August 2008)
Initial Most recent Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Total
Asia & the Pacific
Bangladesh 24-Oct-07 18-May-08 0 3 3 5 50 90 70 8 1 0 0 0 230
China 14-Sep-07 13-Jun-08 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 1 0 0 7
India 04-Jan-08 11-May-08 0 0 0 0 33 0 4 3 2 0 0 0 42
Iran 10-Dec-07 10-Dec-07 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Korea (Rep. of) 01-Apr-08 12-May-08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 8 0 0 0 33
Laos 01-Feb-08 27-Aug-08 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Myanmar 19-Oct-07 23-Dec-07 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
Pakistan 19-Oct-07 17-Jun-08 0 2 2 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 11
Vietnam 14-Sep-07 24-Jun-08 8 5 7 5 7 17 17 5 9 3 0 0 83
West Asia (Middle East)
Saudi Arabia 12-Nov-07 29-Jan-08 0 1 18 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26
Europe
Germany 01-Sep-07 25-Dec-07 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
Israel 27-Dec-07 27-Dec-07 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Poland 30-Nov-07 22-Dec-07 0 0 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8
Romania 27-Nov-07 27-Nov-07 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Russia 07-Sep-07 08-Apr-08 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0   0 7
Turkey 18-Jan-08 09-Mar-08 0 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
Ukraine 15-Jan-08 15-Jan-08 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
United Kingdom 11-Nov-07 14-Nov-07 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Africa
Benin 07-Nov-07 15-Dec-07 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Egypt 06-Dec-07 14-Jun-08 0 0 0 38 55 6 6 0 5 2 0 0 112
Nigeria 27-Jun-08 19-Jul-08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
2 OIE: Office International des Epizooties (World Organisation for Animal Healthnew window)
3 Country grouping is based on United Nations Environment Programme mapping: http://www.unep.org/ new window

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Table 3: OIE2 confirmed Avian Influenza H5N1 Activity in Wild Birds
 (September 2007 - August 2008)

Country3 Date of Event Number Positive by Month (September 2007 - August 2008)
Initial Most recent Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Total
Asia & the Pacific
Hong Kong, China 18-Nov-07 03-Dec-07 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Japan 21-Apr-08 05-May-08 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 5
Europe
Poland 11-Dec-07 11-Dec-07 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Switzerland 22-Feb-08 22-Feb-08 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
United Kingdom 27-Dec-07 27-Dec-07 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2

2 OIE: Office International des Epizooties (World Organisation for Animal Healthnew window)
3 Country grouping is based on United Nations Environment Programme mapping: http://www.unep.org/ new window