H5N1 virus

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In influenza: Pandemics and epidemics
This same virus, H5N1, reappeared among chicken flocks in Southeast Asia during the winter of 2003–04, again infecting some people fatally, and it has reappeared periodically since, primarily in wild birds, domestic poultry, and humans. Several other subtypes of bird flu viruses are known, including H7N2, H7N3, and…
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In bird flu
…avian influenza A virus subtype H5N1 in poultry in Hong Kong led to severe illness in 18 people, one-third of whom died.
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In Margaret Chan
…human cases of the deadly H5N1 bird flu virus appeared in Hong Kong in 1997. Her response included an order to destroy the city’s entire poultry stock—some 1.5 million birds. The order, carried out within three days, allowed authorities to bring the outbreak under control and possibly avert a pandemic.…
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