Counting Down the Top 40

As of today, 40 countries are reporting avian flu in their bird population. That's an increase of 5 countries in the last week. A number of these countries have suspected cases of human infection. Only those with confirmed cases are noted, however.


-- Austria
-- Azerbaijan
-- Bosnia and Herzegovina
-- Bulgaria
-- Cambodia
-- China (human cases confirmed)
-- Croatia
-- Cyprus
-- Egypt
-- France
-- Germany
-- Greece
-- Hungary
-- India
-- Indonesia (human cases confirmed)
-- Iran
-- Iraq (human cases confirmed)
-- Italy
-- Japan
-- Kazakhstan
-- Kuwait
-- Laos
-- Malaysia (human cases confirmed)
-- Mongolia
-- Niger
-- Nigeria
-- Poland
-- Pakistan
-- Romania
-- Russia
-- Serbia and Montenegro
-- Slovakia
-- Slovenia
-- South Korea
-- Sweden
-- Switzerland
-- Thailand (human cases confirmed)
-- Turkey (human cases confirmed)
-- Ukraine
-- Vietnam (human cases confirmed)

At the rate things are spreading, look for this number to double over the next few months. Experts expect avian flu to arrive in the United States over the next few months.

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