# 6048
One of the senior moderators at FluTrackers, who goes by the moniker Laidback Al, has put together an impressive overview of human H5N1 cases reported during the year just past.
Al, who is well known at FluTrackers for his skill with maps and charts, uses visual representations of the data to good effect here.
I’ve posted just a snippet from the abstract and smaller versions of a couple of his graphics below, but I encourage everyone to go to the thread and read it in its entirety.
This is as fine of an overview of the situation as you are apt to find anywhere, and I’ve already downloaded a copy and put in into the reference folder on my desktop.
It’s a keeper, and highly recommended.
A Summary of Worldwide Human H5N1 Cases in 2011
Laidback Al, Senior Moderator, www.FluTrackers.com
January 1, 2012
Abstract – In 2011, 59 human cases of H5N1 were reported from around the world, a 23% increase over 2010. Five countries reported cases in 2011, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, and Indonesia. Almost half of the 59 cases (about 45%) were children under 10 years old. The fatality rate did not appreciably decline in 2011, about half of all the reported cases died. Four small family clusters were noted during the year. The source of exposure for all of the cluster cases has been reported as exposure to sick and dying poultry. None of these clusters resulted in sustained human to human transmission. Based on an analysis of the 2011 data, the potential for a virulent H5N1 pandemic has not diminished.
