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9,968 cases. 104 people have died: A man in his fifties; a 63 year old woman; an elderly man; a 47 year old woman; a 67 year old man; a 78 year old man; a 64 year old woman from Gangwon; an 81 year old woman from North Jeolia province; a 71 year old man; a 61 year old man; a 68 year old man; a 67 year old woman; a 7 year old child; a 12 year old girl; a 66 year old man; a 9 year old boy; an 11 year old girl; a 14 year old middle school student; a 82 year old woman; a 3 year old baby; a man in his thirties; a man in his fifties; a 2 year old boy in Chung Cheong Province; a 54 year old woman in Chung Cheong Province; a 29 year old woman in Jeolia Province; a 25 year old woman; a 79 year old man; a 76 year old woman; a 56 year old woman; a 18 year old woman; a 6 year old boy in Seoul; a 39 year old woman in Seoul; a 56 year old woman in Chung Cheong Province; a 33 year old man; a 16 year old girl; others.
Dec 2003 - March 2004; Chungbuk; chickens and ducks
OIE
Nov 2006; CH'UNGCH'ONG-NAMDO, KYONGGI-DO; ducks
OIE
April - May 2008; chickens, ducks; six of nine Provinces
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Lee et al. (2008) Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Virus (H5N1) in Domestic Poultry and Relationship with Migratory Birds, South Korea. Emerg Infect Dis. March.
Wee et al. (2006) Outbreaks of highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in the Republic of Korea in 2003/04. Vet Rec. 158: 341-344.
Kwon et al. (2005) An Outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Subtype H5N1 in Broiler Breeders, Korea. J. Vet. Med. Sci. 67:1193-1196.
Kwon et al. (2005) Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Magpies (Pica pica sericea) in South Korea. J. Wildlife Dis., 41:618-623
Kwon et al. (2005) Highly pathogenic avian influenza (H5N1) in the commercial domestic ducks of South Korea. Avian Pathol. 34:367-370.
Mase et al. (2005) Genetic comparison of H5N1 influenza A viruses isolated from chickens in Japan and Korea. Microbiol Immunol. 49:871-874.
Lee et al. (2005) Characterization of Highly Pathogenic H5N1 Avian Influenza A Viruses Isolated from South Korea. J Virol. 79: 3692–3702.
S. Korea's Influenza A death toll hits 33: gov't
Yonhap News, October 28, 2009
Deaths From Influenza A Reach 20
The Korea Times, October 20, 2009
S. Korea reports 15th flu-linked death
Yonhap News, October 13, 2009
More efforts urged to fight flu
Korea Herald, September 3, 2009
South Korea to kill cats, dogs over bird flu fears
MSNBC, Nov 27, 2006
S. Korea Kills Animals to Stop Bird Flu
Washington Post, November 28, 2006