TY - JOUR AU - Tiensin, Thanawat AU - Chaitaweesub, Prasit AU - Songserm, Thaweesak AU - Chaisingh, Arunee AU - Hoonsuwan, Wirongrong AU - Buranathai, Chantanee AU - Parakamawongsa, Tippawon AU - Premashthira, Sith AU - Amonsin, Alongkorn AU - Gilbert, Marius AU - Nielen, Mirjam AU - Stegeman, Arjan T1 - Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1, Thailand, 2004 T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2005 VL - 11 IS - 11 SP - 1664 SN - 1080-6059 AB - In January 2004, highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) virus of the H5N1 subtype was first confirmed in poultry and humans in Thailand. Control measures, e.g., culling poultry flocks, restricting poultry movement, and improving hygiene, were implemented. Poultry populations in 1,417 villages in 60 of 76 provinces were affected in 2004. A total of 83% of infected flocks confirmed by laboratories were backyard chickens (56%) or ducks (27%). Outbreaks were concentrated in the Central, the southern part of the Northern, and Eastern Regions of Thailand, which are wetlands, water reservoirs, and dense poultry areas. More than 62 million birds were either killed by HPAI viruses or culled. H5N1 virus from poultry caused 17 human cases and 12 deaths in Thailand; a number of domestic cats, captive tigers, and leopards also died of the H5N1 virus. In 2005, the epidemic is ongoing in Thailand. KW - Influenza KW - avian influenza KW - epidemiology KW - poultry KW - control measures KW - Thailand KW - synopsis DO - 10.3201/eid1111.050608 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/11/11/05-0608_article ER - End of Reference