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FluTrackers 2016+ Global WHO & Ministries of Health Confirmed H5N1 Human Cases List
Please see the 2015 case list here.
*** Note: US - Humans with full or partial test positive H5N1 results list (CDC + states + seropositive + assay positive)
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2026
Bangladesh - Child, onset May 17, treated May 20 , recovered, Sythet Division
India - Child, hospitalized March 19, recovered, West Bengal
Bangladesh - Child, onset March 27, hospitalized March 28, Sylhet Division
Cambodia - Female, 66, confirmed positive on April 21, Svay Rieng province
Cambodia - Male, 3, hospitalized on March 26 - Oddar Meanchey province
Cambodia - Female, 45, hospitalized on March 14 - Banteay Meanchey province
Cambodia - Male, 30, recovered, announced on Feb. 14 - Kampot province
Bangladesh - Child, onset January 21, hospitalized January 28, died February 1, Chattogram Death
United States - Male, 79, diagnosed sometime in April 2024 - April 2025, hospitalized, recovered, detected by Stanford U researchers but was not confirmed by California state or US CDC, Alameda, California
Cambodia - Female, 9 mo., hospitalized in ICU, Phnom Penh
2025
Cambodia - Male, 22, Phnom Penh., Death
United States - H5N5 - Older adult, prelim test positive, hospitalized in King county after care in 2 other counties, Grays Harbor resident, unknown source at this time, Washington state, November 13 Death
Cambodia - Female, 14, hospitalized, Takeo province
Cambodia - Female, 3, hospitalized, sick duck contact, Kampong Speu Province
Cambodia - Female, 6, sick chicken contact, ICU, Takeo province
Cambodia - Male, 26, sick chicken contact, ICU, Siem Reap province
Cambodia - Male, 6, sick chicken contact, ICU, Tbong Khmum province
India - Male, adult, sample collected in Khulna state (Bangladesh) Death
Bangladesh - Child, onset July 27, hospitalized August 1, Sythet division, WHO says this is the fourth case in 2025
Bangladesh - Child, onset May 21, recovered, possible chicken contact, Chittagong division
Cambodia - Male, 5, in ICU, sick chicken contact, Kamakor Village, Kampot province,
Cambodia - Female, 36, in ICU, sick chicken contact, Daun Keo village, Siem Reap province
Cambodia - Male, 19 months, onset June 7, died, Takeo province Death
Cambodia - Male, 16, asymptomatic, sick chicken contact, son of case below, Lek village, Siem Reap province
Cambodia - Female, 46, asymptomatic, sick chicken contact, mother of case above, Lek village, Siem Reap province
Cambodia - Female, 41, critical condition, Lek village, Siem Reap province
Cambodia - Male, 52, onset June 14, died, dead chicken contact, Svay Rieng province Death
Cambodia - Female, 65, tested positive on May 12, recovered, Takeo province
Bangladesh - Child, sample collected in April, Khulna division
Bangladesh - Child, sample collected in February, recovered, Khulna division
Cambodia - Male, 11, onset May 18, died, Kampong Speu province Death
Vietnam - Adult, hospitalized in China on April 7, discharged on April 11, recovered link
Vietnam - Child, 8, hospitalized, Tay Ninh Province
Mexico - Child, 3, hospitalized in serious condition, MoH reported April 4, Durango Death
India - Pending official confirmation, media reported on April 2, female, 2, Andhra Pradesh, Death
Cambodia - Male, 3, onset March 18, hospitalized March 21, died March 23, Chit Borei district, Kratie province, died Death
Cambodia - Male, 2, onset February 17, hospitalized February 20, died February 25 - Prey Veng province Death
United States - Female, adult, hospitalized, backyard poultry flock, Platte county, Wyoming. February 14. D1.1 genome
United States - 3 persons - "Among 150 bovine veterinary practitioners, three had evidence of recent infection with HPAI A(H5) virus, including one who only practiced in two states (Georgia and South Carolina) with no known HPAI A(H5) virus infection in cattle and no reported human cases (1,2); this practitioner reported no exposures to animals with known or suspected HPAI A(H5) virus infections." September 2024 but revealed February 2025
United States - Male, adult, poultry worker, Mercer county, Ohio. February 12
United States - A dairy cattle worker in Churchill, Nevada, mild. Confirmed February 10
United Kingdom - Person on a farm with contact to birds. Possible DI.2 genotype. Good condition. West Midlands region
United States - Child, recovered, no known exposure, San Francisco, California. January 10, 2025
Cambodia - Male, 27/28, poultry contact, died on January 10, Kampong Cham Province Death
2024 - (Please note that the US clade is different than the clades in Asia.)
United States - 2 cases in California, Stanislaus and Los Angeles counties. Scroll up. Livestock contact. 39 cases in that state now. (36 CDC confirmed + 1 CDC probable + 2 state counties announcements). Dec. 23
United States - Iowa gov. announced case in a poultry worker, mild. Recovering. Dec. 20
United States - California probable case. Cattle contact. No details. From CDC list. Dec. 20. 37 confirmed + probable cases in that state.
United States - California added 2 more cases for a total of 36 cases in that state.Cattle. No details. Dec. 20.
United States - Wisconsin has a presumptive positive case. Farmworker. Assuming poultry farm. Dec. 18.
United States - Delaware sent a sample of a probable case to the CDC but it not test positive. Source unknown. Dec. 15.
United States - Louisiana announced 1 hospitalized in "severe" condition presumptive positive case. Contact with sick & dead birds. Dec. 13. Death D1.1 genome
United States - California added 2 more cases for a new total of 34 cases in that state. Cattle. No details. Dec. 13.
United States - Arizona reported 2 cases, mild, poultry workers, Pinal county. Dec. 6
United States -California added a case for a new total of 32 cases in that state. Cattle. No details. Dec. 4.
Vietnam - Male, 18, onset on November 9, Long An Province
United States - California added 2 more cases for a new total of 31 cases in that state. Dec. 2.
United States - California added a case for a new total of 29 cases in that state. No details.
United States - Child, mild respiratory, treated at home, no contact with infected animals, Alameda county, California
United States - California adds a case with no details. The count in that state = 27. Nov. 18. (Might be Fresno county).
United States - Oregon announces 1st H5N1 case, poultry worker, mild illness, recovered. Nov. 15. Clackamas county.
United States - 3 more cases as California Public Health ups their count by 5 to 26 on Nov. 15. Believe 2 already accounted for on this list. Cases 62 & 63. No details.
United States - 2 cases. 1 confirmed, 1 presumptive positive, mild, dairy cattle contact. Madera county, California
Canada - 1 case. Teenager. mild onset November 2, hospitalized in ICU November 8, No source of infection named. Hospitalized in critical condition. B.C. province health announced Nov. 9., clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D.1.1 - the same as wild ducks and birds in B.C.
United States - 8 sero+ cases added, sourced from a joint CDC, Colorado state study of subjects from Colorado & Michigan - no breakdown of the cases between the two states. Cattle contact.
United States - 2 more cases added by Washington stateas poultry exposure. No details. Nov. 6
United States - 1 more case added to the California total for a new total in that state of 21. No details. Nov. 6
United States - 1 more case added to the California total for a new total in that state of 20. No details. Nov. 4
United States - 3 more cases added to California total. No details. Announced November 1 by the state.
United States - 3 more "probable" cases in Washington state - poultry contact
United States - 1 additional human case from poultry in Washington state
United States - 3 additional human cases from poultry in Washington state
United States - 1 additional case. California upped their case number to 16 with no explanation.
United States - 1 additional poultry worker in Washington state
United States - 1 household member of the Missouri case (#17 on US list) tested positive for H5N1 in one assay. CDC criteria for being called a case is not met but we do not have those same rules. Via media event Oct. 24, 2024. (No link but attended by s.s. personally)
United States - 1 case number increase to a cumulative total of 15 in California. No details provided at this time.
United States - 1 dairy cattle worker in Merced county
United States - 4 poultry workers in Washington state
United States - 13 dairy farm workers in California, contact with infected dairy cattle. link
United States- 1 person, "first case of H5 without a known occupational exposure to sick or infected animals.", recovered, Missouri.
Cambodia - Female, 15, died on August 20, exposure to dead poultry, Prey Veng province Death
Cambodia - Female, 16, confirmed August 3, serious condition, contact with dead chickens, Svay Rieng Province
Cambodia - Male, 4, onset July 18, good condition, contact with dead chickens, Svay Rieng Province
United States - 2 dairy farm workers in Texas in April 2024, research paper (low titers, cases not confirmed by US CDC yet) One worker is possibly the pending Texas case already known listed below. link
United States - 9 human cases in Colorado - poultry farmworkers - situation developing...
Cambodia - Female, 5, relative and housemate of male, 3, below - announced July 8
Cambodia - Male, 3, contact with dead chicken, under treatment - test positive July 5
United States - Dairy cow farmworker, mild case with conjunctivitis, recovered, Colorado - reported July 3
United States - Dairy cow farmworker, from a separate farm, in contact with H5 infected cows, Michigan - reported May 30, 2024
United States - Dairy cow farmworker in contact with H5 infected livestock, Michigan - reported May 22, 2024
Australia - A child who traveled from India in March 2024 - reported May 22, 2024
United States - Dairy cow farmworker in Texas, details pending - reported April 1. This case also possibly mentioned above in a research paper. link
Vietnam - Male, 21, onset March 11, hospitalized March 16, died, March 23, student, Khanh Hoa province Death
Cambodia - Male, 3, hospitalized in ICU, Prey Veng province
Cambodia - Male, 69, Siem Reap province, hospitalized in ICU
Cambodia - Male, 9, died, Kratié province Death
Cambodia - Male, 16, brother of case above, Kratié province
Cambodia - Female, 17, stable condition, Kampot province.
2023
Cambodia - Female, 4, onset November 23, neighbor of the case below, hospitalized in ICU on November 24, Kampot province
Cambodia - Female, 21, onset November 19, hospitalized in ICU on November 23, died November 26, Kampot province Death
Cambodia - Female, 2, Prey Veng province, Death
Cambodia - Male, 50, Svay Vieng province, Death
UK - UKHSA: 2 human H5N1 avian flu cases (asymptomatic) - July 14, 2023
UK - UKHSA has detected influenza A (H5) virus in 2 poultry workers - details pending - May 16, 2023
Chile - Male, 53, onset March 13, hospitalized March 22 to ICU
China - Female, 53, onset January 31, hospitalized in Jiangsu province February 4, history of poultry contact, Anhui province
Cambodia - Female, 11, onset February 16, hospitalized about February 19, died February 22 Death
Cambodia - Male, father of case above, apparently mild case, found with contact tracing
2022
Ecuador - Female, 9, onset December 25, hospitalized December 30, contact with poultry
US - European strain - Male, 40, poultry worker, test confirmed on April, 27, mild case. Colorado state
Spain - European strain - Male, 19, poultry worker, test confirmed September 27, mild case, Guadalajara province*
Spain - European strain - Male, 27, poultry worked who initially tested negative, tested positive on October 13, mild case, Guadalajara province*
China - Female, 38, poultry exposure, onset September 22, hospitalized September 25, died October 18, Qinzhou, Guangxi province Death
Vietnam - Female, 5, hospitalized October 8, recovered, Phu, Tho
2021
India - Male, 11, hospitalized July 2, died in New Delhi, from Haryana state. Death
UK - European strain - Male, 79, kept ducks in house, onset late December 2021, confirmed January 6, 2022, mild case. South West, England
2020
Laos - Female, 1, onset October 13, Sarawan province
2019
Nepal - Male, 21, onset and hospitalized March 24, died March 29, test positive at WHO lab in Japan on April 30, Kavrepalanchok district. Death
2018
Egypt - Media report: MoH has screened 1600 suspected human bird flu cases so far in 2018 with no confirmed results - September 29, 2018
2017
1) Egypt - Male, 48, onset February 10, hospitalized February 15, died February 24, reportedly a worker on duck farm, Fayoum Death WHO link
2) Egypt - Male, 4, onset February 2, hospitalized February 10, discharged February 20, Minya WHO link
3) Egypt - Male, 35, onset April 6, hospitalized April 16, discharged April 23, FAO report of a WHO notification, Cairo WHO link
4) Indonesia - One case mentioned in media and WHO report
2016
1) Egypt - Female, 2, onset February 25, recovered, Sohag WHO link
2) Egypt - Female, 7, onset March 4, recovered, Cairo WHO link
3) Egypt - Female, 5, onset February 24, recovered, Giza WHO link
4) Egypt - Female, 70, onset March 8, critical, Giza WHO link Death note
5) Egypt - Male, 50, onset May 2, died May 16, Dakahlia WHO link Death note
6) Egypt - Male, 2, onset May 30, sample collected via routine testing, Cairo WHO link
7) Egypt - Female, 30, onset June 11, hospitalized & recovered, Minya WHO link
8) Egypt - Female, 8, onset June 88, hospitalized & recovered, Cairo WHO link
9) Egypt - Male, 3, onset May 7, died May 20, healthy poultry exposure, Fayoum WHO link Death
10) Egypt - Female, 3, onset July 24, died July 31, market poultry exposure, Giza WHO link Death
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Notes
This case has been removed from this list because the gov has determined it was H5N2:
Mexico - Female, 23, onset September 14, hospitalized September 28, released October 11, Mexico city - 2025
United States - An unexplained note to a CDC H5N1 update denoting "and one case with no defined exposure (DE)" - We have no idea if this is a suspected case who tested positive in Delaware or some abbreviation for defined exposure. Dec. 13
United States - Marin county statement about a child case being investigated.California. PENDING 33rd case in that state. - Dec. 6, 2024 - REMOVED from list due no confirming test.
Please see:
* These cases are refuted as of 2/23/2023. Please see: Eurosurv. Influenza A(H5N1) detection in two asymptomatic poultry farm workers in Spain, September to October 2022: suspected environmental contamination
Egypt - MoH representative declares bird flu is not a threat, 10 H5N1 cases in 2017? - September 25, 2017
Egypt - FAO issued 45 H5N1 event reports for March 2017: 25 reports do not have a description of an animal
Not confirmed by WHO:
Egypt - Media report: Man, 27, tested positive and hospitalized with bird flu in Qena - H5N1? - July 2, 2016
Please note these 2 cases are reported for year 2015 and appear on that list linked above:
China - Male, 42, critical condition, Chengdu, Sichuan note
Bangladesh - Male, 60, recovered, Mymensing, Bangladesh note
Please see the 2015 case list here.
*** Note: US - Humans with full or partial test positive H5N1 results list (CDC + states + seropositive + assay positive)
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2026
Bangladesh - Child, onset May 17, treated May 20 , recovered, Sythet Division
India - Child, hospitalized March 19, recovered, West Bengal
Bangladesh - Child, onset March 27, hospitalized March 28, Sylhet Division
Cambodia - Female, 66, confirmed positive on April 21, Svay Rieng province
Cambodia - Male, 3, hospitalized on March 26 - Oddar Meanchey province
Cambodia - Female, 45, hospitalized on March 14 - Banteay Meanchey province
Cambodia - Male, 30, recovered, announced on Feb. 14 - Kampot province
Bangladesh - Child, onset January 21, hospitalized January 28, died February 1, Chattogram Death
United States - Male, 79, diagnosed sometime in April 2024 - April 2025, hospitalized, recovered, detected by Stanford U researchers but was not confirmed by California state or US CDC, Alameda, California
Cambodia - Female, 9 mo., hospitalized in ICU, Phnom Penh
2025
Cambodia - Male, 22, Phnom Penh., Death
United States - H5N5 - Older adult, prelim test positive, hospitalized in King county after care in 2 other counties, Grays Harbor resident, unknown source at this time, Washington state, November 13 Death
Cambodia - Female, 14, hospitalized, Takeo province
Cambodia - Female, 3, hospitalized, sick duck contact, Kampong Speu Province
Cambodia - Female, 6, sick chicken contact, ICU, Takeo province
Cambodia - Male, 26, sick chicken contact, ICU, Siem Reap province
Cambodia - Male, 6, sick chicken contact, ICU, Tbong Khmum province
India - Male, adult, sample collected in Khulna state (Bangladesh) Death
Bangladesh - Child, onset July 27, hospitalized August 1, Sythet division, WHO says this is the fourth case in 2025
Bangladesh - Child, onset May 21, recovered, possible chicken contact, Chittagong division
Cambodia - Male, 5, in ICU, sick chicken contact, Kamakor Village, Kampot province,
Cambodia - Female, 36, in ICU, sick chicken contact, Daun Keo village, Siem Reap province
Cambodia - Male, 19 months, onset June 7, died, Takeo province Death
Cambodia - Male, 16, asymptomatic, sick chicken contact, son of case below, Lek village, Siem Reap province
Cambodia - Female, 46, asymptomatic, sick chicken contact, mother of case above, Lek village, Siem Reap province
Cambodia - Female, 41, critical condition, Lek village, Siem Reap province
Cambodia - Male, 52, onset June 14, died, dead chicken contact, Svay Rieng province Death
Cambodia - Female, 65, tested positive on May 12, recovered, Takeo province
Bangladesh - Child, sample collected in April, Khulna division
Bangladesh - Child, sample collected in February, recovered, Khulna division
Cambodia - Male, 11, onset May 18, died, Kampong Speu province Death
Vietnam - Adult, hospitalized in China on April 7, discharged on April 11, recovered link
Vietnam - Child, 8, hospitalized, Tay Ninh Province
Mexico - Child, 3, hospitalized in serious condition, MoH reported April 4, Durango Death
India - Pending official confirmation, media reported on April 2, female, 2, Andhra Pradesh, Death
Cambodia - Male, 3, onset March 18, hospitalized March 21, died March 23, Chit Borei district, Kratie province, died Death
Cambodia - Male, 2, onset February 17, hospitalized February 20, died February 25 - Prey Veng province Death
United States - Female, adult, hospitalized, backyard poultry flock, Platte county, Wyoming. February 14. D1.1 genome
United States - 3 persons - "Among 150 bovine veterinary practitioners, three had evidence of recent infection with HPAI A(H5) virus, including one who only practiced in two states (Georgia and South Carolina) with no known HPAI A(H5) virus infection in cattle and no reported human cases (1,2); this practitioner reported no exposures to animals with known or suspected HPAI A(H5) virus infections." September 2024 but revealed February 2025
United States - Male, adult, poultry worker, Mercer county, Ohio. February 12
United States - A dairy cattle worker in Churchill, Nevada, mild. Confirmed February 10
United Kingdom - Person on a farm with contact to birds. Possible DI.2 genotype. Good condition. West Midlands region
United States - Child, recovered, no known exposure, San Francisco, California. January 10, 2025
Cambodia - Male, 27/28, poultry contact, died on January 10, Kampong Cham Province Death
2024 - (Please note that the US clade is different than the clades in Asia.)
United States - 2 cases in California, Stanislaus and Los Angeles counties. Scroll up. Livestock contact. 39 cases in that state now. (36 CDC confirmed + 1 CDC probable + 2 state counties announcements). Dec. 23
United States - Iowa gov. announced case in a poultry worker, mild. Recovering. Dec. 20
United States - California probable case. Cattle contact. No details. From CDC list. Dec. 20. 37 confirmed + probable cases in that state.
United States - California added 2 more cases for a total of 36 cases in that state.Cattle. No details. Dec. 20.
United States - Wisconsin has a presumptive positive case. Farmworker. Assuming poultry farm. Dec. 18.
United States - Delaware sent a sample of a probable case to the CDC but it not test positive. Source unknown. Dec. 15.
United States - Louisiana announced 1 hospitalized in "severe" condition presumptive positive case. Contact with sick & dead birds. Dec. 13. Death D1.1 genome
United States - California added 2 more cases for a new total of 34 cases in that state. Cattle. No details. Dec. 13.
United States - Arizona reported 2 cases, mild, poultry workers, Pinal county. Dec. 6
United States -California added a case for a new total of 32 cases in that state. Cattle. No details. Dec. 4.
Vietnam - Male, 18, onset on November 9, Long An Province
United States - California added 2 more cases for a new total of 31 cases in that state. Dec. 2.
United States - California added a case for a new total of 29 cases in that state. No details.
United States - Child, mild respiratory, treated at home, no contact with infected animals, Alameda county, California
United States - California adds a case with no details. The count in that state = 27. Nov. 18. (Might be Fresno county).
United States - Oregon announces 1st H5N1 case, poultry worker, mild illness, recovered. Nov. 15. Clackamas county.
United States - 3 more cases as California Public Health ups their count by 5 to 26 on Nov. 15. Believe 2 already accounted for on this list. Cases 62 & 63. No details.
United States - 2 cases. 1 confirmed, 1 presumptive positive, mild, dairy cattle contact. Madera county, California
Canada - 1 case. Teenager. mild onset November 2, hospitalized in ICU November 8, No source of infection named. Hospitalized in critical condition. B.C. province health announced Nov. 9., clade 2.3.4.4b, genotype D.1.1 - the same as wild ducks and birds in B.C.
United States - 8 sero+ cases added, sourced from a joint CDC, Colorado state study of subjects from Colorado & Michigan - no breakdown of the cases between the two states. Cattle contact.
United States - 2 more cases added by Washington stateas poultry exposure. No details. Nov. 6
United States - 1 more case added to the California total for a new total in that state of 21. No details. Nov. 6
United States - 1 more case added to the California total for a new total in that state of 20. No details. Nov. 4
United States - 3 more cases added to California total. No details. Announced November 1 by the state.
United States - 3 more "probable" cases in Washington state - poultry contact
United States - 1 additional human case from poultry in Washington state
United States - 3 additional human cases from poultry in Washington state
United States - 1 additional case. California upped their case number to 16 with no explanation.
United States - 1 additional poultry worker in Washington state
United States - 1 household member of the Missouri case (#17 on US list) tested positive for H5N1 in one assay. CDC criteria for being called a case is not met but we do not have those same rules. Via media event Oct. 24, 2024. (No link but attended by s.s. personally)
United States - 1 case number increase to a cumulative total of 15 in California. No details provided at this time.
United States - 1 dairy cattle worker in Merced county
United States - 4 poultry workers in Washington state
United States - 13 dairy farm workers in California, contact with infected dairy cattle. link
United States- 1 person, "first case of H5 without a known occupational exposure to sick or infected animals.", recovered, Missouri.
Cambodia - Female, 15, died on August 20, exposure to dead poultry, Prey Veng province Death
Cambodia - Female, 16, confirmed August 3, serious condition, contact with dead chickens, Svay Rieng Province
Cambodia - Male, 4, onset July 18, good condition, contact with dead chickens, Svay Rieng Province
United States - 2 dairy farm workers in Texas in April 2024, research paper (low titers, cases not confirmed by US CDC yet) One worker is possibly the pending Texas case already known listed below. link
United States - 9 human cases in Colorado - poultry farmworkers - situation developing...
Cambodia - Female, 5, relative and housemate of male, 3, below - announced July 8
Cambodia - Male, 3, contact with dead chicken, under treatment - test positive July 5
United States - Dairy cow farmworker, mild case with conjunctivitis, recovered, Colorado - reported July 3
United States - Dairy cow farmworker, from a separate farm, in contact with H5 infected cows, Michigan - reported May 30, 2024
United States - Dairy cow farmworker in contact with H5 infected livestock, Michigan - reported May 22, 2024
Australia - A child who traveled from India in March 2024 - reported May 22, 2024
United States - Dairy cow farmworker in Texas, details pending - reported April 1. This case also possibly mentioned above in a research paper. link
Vietnam - Male, 21, onset March 11, hospitalized March 16, died, March 23, student, Khanh Hoa province Death
Cambodia - Male, 3, hospitalized in ICU, Prey Veng province
Cambodia - Male, 69, Siem Reap province, hospitalized in ICU
Cambodia - Male, 9, died, Kratié province Death
Cambodia - Male, 16, brother of case above, Kratié province
Cambodia - Female, 17, stable condition, Kampot province.
2023
Cambodia - Female, 4, onset November 23, neighbor of the case below, hospitalized in ICU on November 24, Kampot province
Cambodia - Female, 21, onset November 19, hospitalized in ICU on November 23, died November 26, Kampot province Death
Cambodia - Female, 2, Prey Veng province, Death
Cambodia - Male, 50, Svay Vieng province, Death
UK - UKHSA: 2 human H5N1 avian flu cases (asymptomatic) - July 14, 2023
UK - UKHSA has detected influenza A (H5) virus in 2 poultry workers - details pending - May 16, 2023
Chile - Male, 53, onset March 13, hospitalized March 22 to ICU
China - Female, 53, onset January 31, hospitalized in Jiangsu province February 4, history of poultry contact, Anhui province
Cambodia - Female, 11, onset February 16, hospitalized about February 19, died February 22 Death
Cambodia - Male, father of case above, apparently mild case, found with contact tracing
2022
Ecuador - Female, 9, onset December 25, hospitalized December 30, contact with poultry
US - European strain - Male, 40, poultry worker, test confirmed on April, 27, mild case. Colorado state
Spain - European strain - Male, 19, poultry worker, test confirmed September 27, mild case, Guadalajara province*
Spain - European strain - Male, 27, poultry worked who initially tested negative, tested positive on October 13, mild case, Guadalajara province*
China - Female, 38, poultry exposure, onset September 22, hospitalized September 25, died October 18, Qinzhou, Guangxi province Death
Vietnam - Female, 5, hospitalized October 8, recovered, Phu, Tho
2021
India - Male, 11, hospitalized July 2, died in New Delhi, from Haryana state. Death
UK - European strain - Male, 79, kept ducks in house, onset late December 2021, confirmed January 6, 2022, mild case. South West, England
2020
Laos - Female, 1, onset October 13, Sarawan province
2019
Nepal - Male, 21, onset and hospitalized March 24, died March 29, test positive at WHO lab in Japan on April 30, Kavrepalanchok district. Death
2018
Egypt - Media report: MoH has screened 1600 suspected human bird flu cases so far in 2018 with no confirmed results - September 29, 2018
2017
1) Egypt - Male, 48, onset February 10, hospitalized February 15, died February 24, reportedly a worker on duck farm, Fayoum Death WHO link
2) Egypt - Male, 4, onset February 2, hospitalized February 10, discharged February 20, Minya WHO link
3) Egypt - Male, 35, onset April 6, hospitalized April 16, discharged April 23, FAO report of a WHO notification, Cairo WHO link
4) Indonesia - One case mentioned in media and WHO report
2016
1) Egypt - Female, 2, onset February 25, recovered, Sohag WHO link
2) Egypt - Female, 7, onset March 4, recovered, Cairo WHO link
3) Egypt - Female, 5, onset February 24, recovered, Giza WHO link
4) Egypt - Female, 70, onset March 8, critical, Giza WHO link Death note
5) Egypt - Male, 50, onset May 2, died May 16, Dakahlia WHO link Death note
6) Egypt - Male, 2, onset May 30, sample collected via routine testing, Cairo WHO link
7) Egypt - Female, 30, onset June 11, hospitalized & recovered, Minya WHO link
8) Egypt - Female, 8, onset June 88, hospitalized & recovered, Cairo WHO link
9) Egypt - Male, 3, onset May 7, died May 20, healthy poultry exposure, Fayoum WHO link Death
10) Egypt - Female, 3, onset July 24, died July 31, market poultry exposure, Giza WHO link Death
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Notes
This case has been removed from this list because the gov has determined it was H5N2:
Mexico - Female, 23, onset September 14, hospitalized September 28, released October 11, Mexico city - 2025
United States - An unexplained note to a CDC H5N1 update denoting "and one case with no defined exposure (DE)" - We have no idea if this is a suspected case who tested positive in Delaware or some abbreviation for defined exposure. Dec. 13
United States - Marin county statement about a child case being investigated.California. PENDING 33rd case in that state. - Dec. 6, 2024 - REMOVED from list due no confirming test.
Please see:
* These cases are refuted as of 2/23/2023. Please see: Eurosurv. Influenza A(H5N1) detection in two asymptomatic poultry farm workers in Spain, September to October 2022: suspected environmental contamination
Egypt - MoH representative declares bird flu is not a threat, 10 H5N1 cases in 2017? - September 25, 2017
Egypt - FAO issued 45 H5N1 event reports for March 2017: 25 reports do not have a description of an animal
Not confirmed by WHO:
Egypt - Media report: Man, 27, tested positive and hospitalized with bird flu in Qena - H5N1? - July 2, 2016
Please note these 2 cases are reported for year 2015 and appear on that list linked above:
China - Male, 42, critical condition, Chengdu, Sichuan note
Bangladesh - Male, 60, recovered, Mymensing, Bangladesh note
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