Bird Flu Center

Asia has been the most ill-fated continent of the entire affair. The deadly disease was firstly documented in Hong Kong almost 10 years ago and every year the virus has slowly crawled across the continent, putting more countries on the danger map by the day. The majority of the victims originate from this area, with 6 of the 10 ten countries reporting human casualties being Asian countries.

Vietnam, China and Indonesia were the states to suffer the most from this, with Thailand also not far behind. The fact that avian flu has found this continent in particular to settle its roots in is perhaps not surprising. A large percentage of the population relies on poultry, the environment best suited for the virus’ life. With that in mind and the fact that Asia hosts the largest population of any continents, practically a large mass of people living in close quarters, it must come as no wonder that the illness has found a certain, proper place to spread and develop in.

Efforts are being pursued by the international community to aid the ailing continent into eradicating the biological threat. Many understand that if the source and intial spark of the virus can be correctly identified then a way to halt its future spread could be researched and put into practice.