A chronology of the spread of bird flu
Published: 2/18/2006

PARIS - Since the first human infections in Hong Kong in 1997, the H5N1 avian flu virus has reportedly infected 187 people worldwide, killing 97, and spread westwards across Europe and into Africa. The World Health Organisation lists 169 cases since 2003, including 91 fatalities, mostly in Vietnam (42), Indonesia (18), Thailand (14), China (8), Cambodia (4), Turkey (4) and Iraq (1): ...