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Map of World-wide Confirmed Cases of A(H1N1) by Country ? May 17, 2009
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The most recent WHO map shows the total number of confirmed cases by country but is difficult to interpret in terms of relative frequencies between countries. The map below shows the distribution of confirmed case counts by country grouped into five distinct categories. The first, gray, is the group of countries to have yet report confirmed cases of A(H1N1). The remaining four groupings are graduated in color based on the overall number confirmed cases within a country. Note that <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region> is shown on this map as having 7 confirmed cases, but local Japanese news reports state that there could be more than 100 confirmed cases in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Japan</st1lace></st1:country-region> by tomorrow. That would put <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Japan</st1lace></st1:country-region> in the third highest grouping and, as discussed elsewhere here at FT, would require WHO to raise the pandemic alert to level 6.
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Also comparing the above map with the map of countries with WHO confirmed A(H5N1) cases (shown below) demonstrates that at least three countries, China, Thailand, and Turkey have both known and confirmed cases of A(H1N1) and A(H5N1) which could lead to a more virulent pandemic flu strain if these two viruses reassort or recombine within these countries.
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> </o>The most recent WHO map shows the total number of confirmed cases by country but is difficult to interpret in terms of relative frequencies between countries. The map below shows the distribution of confirmed case counts by country grouped into five distinct categories. The first, gray, is the group of countries to have yet report confirmed cases of A(H1N1). The remaining four groupings are graduated in color based on the overall number confirmed cases within a country. Note that <st1:country-region w:st="on">Japan</st1:country-region> is shown on this map as having 7 confirmed cases, but local Japanese news reports state that there could be more than 100 confirmed cases in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1
lace w:st="on">Japan</st1lace></st1:country-region> by tomorrow. That would put <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1lace w:st="on">Japan</st1lace></st1:country-region> in the third highest grouping and, as discussed elsewhere here at FT, would require WHO to raise the pandemic alert to level 6. <o
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> </o><o></o>Also comparing the above map with the map of countries with WHO confirmed A(H5N1) cases (shown below) demonstrates that at least three countries, China, Thailand, and Turkey have both known and confirmed cases of A(H1N1) and A(H5N1) which could lead to a more virulent pandemic flu strain if these two viruses reassort or recombine within these countries.
